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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2018, 3:43 pm
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| People on the spectrum produce high amounts of cortisol; and a very specific type of cortisol in particular. Cortisol KILLS testosterone. To claim that you're on the spectrum but you're also very masculine is nothing short of oxymoronic. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2018, 3:38 pm
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| I'm an aspie and decidedly un-feminine. And being "mild-mannered and introverted" does not make you feminine. Do not mistake kindness for weakness. Also, the derogatory tone in your posts makes it hard to take you seriously, especially when you finish with "try not to take offense at... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 5:21 pm
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| He was what some might call "too muscular," but sorry, I don't have a photo. I'm of the belief that what we call feminine and masculine traits are cultural add-ons that wouldn't apply to those with big-picture brains. A better physical gauge of T might be baldness. Maybe you are noticing ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Substance abuse |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 5:17 pm
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Replies: 27
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| There actually is some literature correlating THC with schizophrenia. I haven’t read up on it but I had a psychologist that discouraged me from smoking because of how potent it is these days. Most people swear it helps them but when I smoke it amps my anxiety up full blast and ironically makes me fe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 3:43 pm
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Prometheus18 wrote: You're probably right. I do think lately there has arrived a kind of craze in female diagnosis, however, which I can only conclude is driven by the PC nonsense engulfing us at the moment.
Absolutely... seems like they're always looking for new ways to be a victim... but I digress... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 3:36 pm
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| I thought there was supposed to be a link between EXCESSIVE testosterone and autism. This would make sense in that the traits ordinarily observed in Aspies are generally considered masculine ones - collecting, organising, categorising; ruthless rationality. There's also Baron Cohen's Extreme Male B... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Substance abuse |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 3:29 pm
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| Impulse control, yes. I avoid addiction by making the world deal with my impulse control problems. I use medications medicinally, but habitual use results in medicines becoming ineffective. However, I do understand the problems of addiction and difficulties of recovery having been a former smoker. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Substance abuse |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 3:27 pm
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| I have some problems with willpower - who doesn't? - but I never have touched and never will touch drugs, and I don't see how anybody else can feel otherwise. Why on Earth would anyone WANT to fry his brain? There are so many other things to become addicted to besides drugs; food, porn, video games... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 3:14 pm
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| Actually, yes I have. Homeland Security agent, body builder. I think he worked out twice a day to boost his pheromone field and it worked. He couldn't really talk to women, so he just put the moves on them (all the time and very successfully.) Some believe exercise & active sex life can build T... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Substance abuse |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 3:01 pm
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| Do any of you have problems with addiction and impulse control? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2018, 2:30 pm
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| I've read and heard multiple perspectives on this but my take on the relationship between aspergers and masculinity is that they are inversely correlated in males. Think about every male aspie you've ever met, seen, heard of, etc. My experience; they've all been mild mannered, introverted and often ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What NT accepted behaviour flumoxes you the most? |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2018, 4:31 pm
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| Enough of the female-bashing, I've HAD IT with the female bashing!! I'm sick of you males on WP whining and complaining all the time about how horrible women are when there aspie and autistic women like me on this site. It doesn't matter if you're autistic or NT, it's sickening. But it's even more ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What NT accepted behaviour flumoxes you the most? |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2018, 4:28 pm
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B19 wrote: The relevance of the last couple of posts to the topic is what exactly???
All female behavior flumoxes me the most. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Physical appearance |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2018, 6:21 am
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Replies: 59
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| Ok ladies post pics of yourselves and I'll give you a brutally honest, straightforward opinion... no lies, no butterflies, no smoke... Let's see it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Physical appearance |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2018, 10:08 pm
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Replies: 59
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Misery wrote:
I mean your haircut is rather feminine if I'm being honest. If you got a haircut you'd look less androgynous. If I saw you out in public I'd probably think you were a transgender in the early stages of transitioning |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Physical appearance |
| salowevision |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2018, 8:48 pm
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| Also I don't know about you guys but I also have a huge permanent callous on my finger from biting myself whenever I get too anxious or stressed out. I knew another boy with autism who had the same things on his hands. Do any of you guys have that too? I've had mangled cuticles for as far back as I... |
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