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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: ADULTS: Hand flapping, rocking ...q?

jackson_p
Posted: 25 Oct 2022, 9:45 pm 

Replies: 29
Views: 14,248
I still flap my hands at the age of 46. I actually had to explain to my manager that this is why I don't like working in an office and he was very understanding (I am a software engineer). For me it has a fantastic feeling, pretty much ecstatic. For a long time I tried to suppress it because I didn'...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Effects of Aspergers Syndrome on Phone Calls

jackson_p
Posted: 19 May 2022, 6:31 pm 

Replies: 24
Views: 2,295
I go out of my way to avoid having to speak on the phone. There are no "comfortable silences" on the phone, like there can be in person. I tend to deliberately give visual cues to the other person to indicate that I am considering my answer, which is usually slower to happen than for other...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Poll: Awkward Dancer?

jackson_p
 Post subject: Re: Poll: Awkward Dancer?
Posted: 26 Apr 2022, 5:30 am 

Replies: 23
Views: 2,165
I describe my dancing as "syncopated", but it's just really bad. It seems to take a long time for signals to go backward and forward between my limbs and brain.

It's funny because I am actually an electronic dance music producer :)

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Adult ASD people and funny things we did as kids

jackson_p
Posted: 26 Apr 2022, 5:12 am 

Replies: 31
Views: 3,645
I had a lot of trouble with the idea of giving and receiving gifts as a child (and I still find both uncomfortable as an adult), leading to a couple of different childhood stories: When I was 4 I decided that I was Santa Claus. I dressed up in red, and spent a long time on Christmas Eve planning how...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Looking in the mirror to reconnect with myself

jackson_p
Posted: 09 Mar 2022, 10:48 pm 

Replies: 5
Views: 1,058
I came to an interesting new realisation about my behaviour today. I have always been mocked for vanity because I like looking in the mirror. I always believed this and felt ashamed of it, but still found myself fascinated by my own reflection. What I have now realised is that seeing myself in the m...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Is this echolalia?

jackson_p
 Post subject: Re: Is this echolalia?
Posted: 09 Feb 2022, 9:22 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 2,243
For some reason, nearly every time I go into the bathroom I say "I have written a piece of software" out loud. I often go to the bathroom when I need to get time away from people and sounds so it may not be the bathroom itself that triggers it but releasing feelings of anxiety in a private...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Breaking down tasks

jackson_p
 Post subject: Re: Breaking down tasks
Posted: 30 Jun 2021, 12:20 am 

Replies: 17
Views: 1,273
I feel considerably less anxious since I started putting all of my tasks into a mind map on my phone/laptop. This allows me to list the high level tasks i have to do and keep them out of my head. Then when I come to do the tasks I can break them down further by adding sub-branches to the mind map. I...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: Living in fear

jackson_p
 Post subject: Re: Living in fear
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 7:31 pm 

Replies: 24
Views: 3,722
I'm so sorry to hear that! I had times in my life like that, as well. There could be lots of different things that help. Most go the pharmaceutical route, but you could also check more "natural" things. Like I use Lemon Balm tea when I can't sleep. I also gave up caffeine because I figure...

 Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Topic: Living in fear

jackson_p
 Post subject: Re: Living in fear
Posted: 15 Jun 2021, 4:37 am 

Replies: 24
Views: 3,722
I feel fear constantly. Most of the time I don't know why. I just feel like I need to run away but there is nowhere to run away to because the fear will always go with me. It's really quite exhausting.
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