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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Group Social Situations versus/compared to Forums |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2019, 4:01 pm
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| Not for me , as you have plenty of time to process what is being said ( sometimes not ) and you can take your time over a reply and check it multiple times before posting. Oh, I guess that makes sense; I wasn't thinking about that component of it. A big part of it for me is trying to figure out wha... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Group Social Situations versus/compared to Forums |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2019, 2:40 pm
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| It's my understanding that it's fairly common for those with ASD to prefer or have greater ease navigating one-on-one as opposed to group social situations... I certainly find this to be true in my own case. For those who also feel this way, do you find that the same concept extends to online intera... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2019, 2:30 pm
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Replies: 30
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| Indeed; I find it apt for this very reason, and it's always a delight to meet someone who has an appreciation of the term's historical roots. In the villages in the area where I live, one can see many cottages which once had an upper-storey workshop; once the homes of manual wool-combers and weaver... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Can you like return your brain to when u were five |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 10:30 pm
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Replies: 4
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| So u can absorb a language quickly like when u were five but everuthibg else remains the same Hey there! This is kind of a "mostly no, but maybe a little" answer. I hope it helps. No, you can never reproduce the same ease of language acquisition, but that doesn't mean you can't become qui... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 11:47 am
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Replies: 30
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| You need to find more time finding yourself before you can match up with other people like you. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163187/ Premise of Runaway Bride. She spends so much time being the ideal mate for someone... Just like camouflaging. Thank you for the movie recommendation; I'll look into ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 11:43 am
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| ... I've been wishing to find a few people that share my.... hyper-intellectualized? sort of ASD... Oh. Another hyper-intellectualized person. Welcome aboard anyway... I'm sorry, was I somehow rude in writing that? I'm not trying to be arrogant or condescending to anyone; I've just spent my life be... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 11:38 am
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| A question, though: How do you manage to be "hyper-intellectualized" if you have difficulty concentrating on anything? (I don't mean to challenge your reality, I'm just curious as to how this works. I hope my question is not offensive.) Anyhow, welcome to WP. Oh, I forgot the most obvious... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 11:11 am
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| Well, I've sometimes been told that I am "hyper-intellectual," and indeed I very much enjoy philosophical conversation. I think there are some others around here like this too. Would you be interested in PMing? I'd enjoy the opportunity to chat with another like-minded person. (I'm new he... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 10:47 am
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| Adhd is not the inability to focus, it's the inability to modulate your attention; you'll either not be able to focus or focus way to much and not be able to switch tasks. That's true! But in children, it can often present as the inability to focus because childhood ADHD frequently has the "hy... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 10:43 am
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CockneyRebel wrote: Welcome to WP! 
Thank you! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 10:43 am
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| Coined for me rather than my own invention. I'm not opposed to new technologies per se (I've been a coder for 35 years and I am endlessly fascinated by science), but I prefer to judge them by their potential to improve my quality of life, rather than to be forced into using them at society's conven... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 10:29 am
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| How did adhd helped conceal you asd? I also have a late diagnostic with adhd and I was wondering if it has something to do with me flying under the radar. I understand. Like when I'm overwhelmed by sound, instead of melting or shutting down, I uncontrollably and intensely zone out. Yah, I frequentl... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Aspie Women, Do you prefer AS/AS or AS/NT for yourself? |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2019, 7:04 pm
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Replies: 71
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| I'm in an AS/AS marriage, and it seems to me like there's both costs and benefits to that... Positively: We tend to communicate very effectively: neither of us is using social nuances that the other doesn't catch, we're both on the literal side, and only the most OBVIOUS sarcasm ever occurs. We're b... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Having bad PMT |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2019, 6:50 pm
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Is it common for autistic women to wear men's underwear? |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2019, 6:46 pm
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Replies: 12
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| A woman whom I am friends with said she wears her boyfriend's boxers/boxer briefs and while I am not saying there's anything wrong with it, would you say for women on the spectrum it's common? I wear my husband's underwear sometimes. For me, it's a stimulation thing. Women's underwear either feels ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: High-Functioning Autistic Woman Fed Up with Camouflaging |
| TheCleverWitch |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2019, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 30
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| Welcome! I agree with Fnord in that we are all different. Which means that trying to find others exactly like you will be hard. I merely look for acceptance. People who accept that I am different and still treat me with respect. I socialize by meeting people who share my special interests. I am so ... |
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