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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Calming the mind - in healthy ways |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2018, 5:21 am
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Misreading nonverbal cues |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2018, 5:18 am
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Replies: 3
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| There are quite a lot of things this could mean, actually, and I can no more know what she meant than you do. Perhaps she thought you were staring at her , even though for you it felt the other way around. Perhaps she is a mean person and wanted to confuse you. Perhaps she was being nice, trying to... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Misreading nonverbal cues |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 01 Nov 2018, 2:57 am
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| There are quite a lot of things this could mean, actually, and I can no more know what she meant than you do. Perhaps she thought you were staring at her , even though for you it felt the other way around. Perhaps she is a mean person and wanted to confuse you. Perhaps she was being nice, trying to ... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Calming the mind - in healthy ways |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 01 Nov 2018, 2:49 am
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| That's all fantastic advice, thank you very much! I will change my schedule around a bit so that I have one fixed moment per week when I go to the forest (I tend to put it off, even though I love it, because I have to cycle through quite busy traffic before reaching nature - time to move, perhaps), ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi! I'm new :) |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2018, 2:14 am
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jamthis12 wrote: Yeah I don't think the whole alien thing is the best metaphor anyways. I prefer "wired differently" myself because it emphasizes that the only thing that's different about us how we think and how our neurons are.
I think I'll adopt that one. It's a nice metaphor. Thanks! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi! I'm new :) |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2018, 1:59 am
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Replies: 11
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Cool!
I'm still not happy about the alien part, but I guess it's nice enough to find my fellow aliens not to care too much  |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Improving autistic voice and articulation |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2018, 1:54 am
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| Hi mrsmith! Fascinating. Two questions I frequently get based on how I speak are where I come from (i.e. which foreign country) and whether I teach in kindergarten (I especially hate that one). I would love to research whether this might have anything to do with what you call Autistic Voice. Could y... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Calming the mind - in healthy ways |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2018, 2:43 pm
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| Heya! My recent diagnosis got me thinking about my relationship with drugs - alcohol (now) and cannabis (past). I notice that I tend to use them as an escape, a sort of selfmedication, when things get too much. There are situations that give me a strong desire to just not exist for a minute or so. L... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Confused Newbie |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2018, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Thanks Anayenda. So by "aced', you mean as if you were NT, but the logical/descriptive reasoning for your conclusion made them think ASD. Interesting that they would not attribute logical deduction as an NT trait. Maybe I'm mis-reading. Sorry for being confusing, I think you understood me. I g... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Confused Newbie |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2018, 2:05 pm
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| Not a dealbreaker if you ask me. I've only just been diagnosed, and the process was fascinating. I also thought I recognized nearly everything except the social aspect. I'm good with people, they just tire me if I'm around them too long, but that's just introversion, right? Well... During the second... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi! I'm new :) |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2018, 1:40 pm
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Tim_Tex wrote: Welcome to WP!
Thanks! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi! I'm new :) |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2018, 1:23 pm
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| Hi all! I've been wanting to join you for a while now, but the fact I only had a suspicion of asperger's kept me away (perhaps unnecessarily) - but now I'm officially diagnosed! Woohoo! I can't really put my finger on why, but I'm really happy with my diagnosis. I guess it has something to do with f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Before and after overload |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 05 May 2018, 2:46 am
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Replies: 4
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Cool, thanks  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Before and after overload |
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Posted: 04 May 2018, 10:39 am
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| Thank you so much for your detailed reply, Trogluddite(, and how sweet of you to notice I'm new)! I really appreciate your feedback on dealing with social events. It does sound like a simple but brilliant idea to plan ahead that way - letting people know you might not be able to stay the whole eveni... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Before and after overload |
| Anayenda |
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Posted: 04 May 2018, 2:59 am
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Replies: 4
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| Hey there! I noticed that there are many threads where people describe their experience of sensory overload. As much as I love reading all this, because it shows me that I am not alone in my untypical experiences, it is in fact not the moment of overload itself that interests me. I have learned more... |
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