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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Having "ambition" in life |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2022, 1:31 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,021
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| It’s comforting to know people are still working on this stuff no matter the decade of their life they’re in. I don’t feel so impossibly behind or over-before-I-started anymore. This is just how the course of our lives goes. I’m really lucky to have the people I have in my life. My family is support... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, I’m new |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2022, 1:08 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,195
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Thoughts on All Cats Are on the Autism Spectrum |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2022, 1:02 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,825
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| I’ve never read the book, but I’ve heard the stereotype, and it does make sense. As a kid, I was obsessed with cats. As I’ve grown older, I’ve grown to like dogs more. But I’ve never had a pet of my own, so I don’t know how tolerable either would be to live with on a daily basis. I’m both ADHD and a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How much life satisfaction do you get? |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2022, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,215
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| I confront life and so I enjoy life at an 8 (a lot), but I also suffer at an 8 (a lot). She avoids life and so she suffers at a 2 (not much), but she enjoys life at a 2 (not much). Oh holy moly, I can relate to that so hard. I’ve been very avoidant throughout my life and during my most avoidant pha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Directed Hyperfocus |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2022, 12:48 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 987
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| Hi! I’m ADHD & autistic too, and I do all of the things you mentioned! Like, pretty much word for word lmao! The procrastination thing is a very ADHD thing. ADHD brains are very reliant on instantaneous dopamine hits for motivation, and so if we have to do a task that gives us little to no dopam... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New Member |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 9:16 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,861
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| Hi! I’m new here too, just became active today. Man, I remember when I was 15 I was going through some pretty serious burnout, too. I’m super glad you got diagnosed; that would’ve done a lot for me if it had happened back then. Teenage years are HARD. I hope that things are looking up for you! EDIT:... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How much life satisfaction do you get? |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 9:00 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I feel you on the learning thing! I would say something of a 7.5-8 right now — I just realized I’m autistic about a month and a half ago, and ever since then, things have been falling into place. Before that it probably would’ve been like, 4.5-5. My life is still very far from what I want it to be, ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: The confounding subtleties of the English language. |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 8:18 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Ooooh, I love this concept. Reminds me of some of the stuff on https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com. They’re mostly made-up based on various words from various languages, rather than taken directly from other languages, but hey, that’s how language happens, right? And I think it’s nice to have... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Protective of Special Interests |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 7:24 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,714
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| I'll share them, but I can also be very possessive of them, even though I know that's unfair. I know I didn't discover them, but they still feel like they're mine. Oh man, I so feel this. I’ll see somebody getting into a band that’s one of my special interests, for example, and get so sad, like “aw... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the difference between Aspergers and Austism |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 6:47 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,745
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| To put it bluntly, Asperger’s is the name given to autistic people whose particular skill distribution and environment allow them to get away with masking more than some other autistic people ever have the opportunity to. In my opinion, an autistic person is an autistic person. If you identify with ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Curious about the average age of our members |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 6:09 pm
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Replies: 94
Views: 7,113
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| Having been involved in young-person communities consisting largely of autistic people on virtually every popular social media app at some point in my life, I gotta say, it’s comforting being around older autistic people here. I’m 21, and I find my autistic peers (especially ones who were diagnosed ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Protective of Special Interests |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 5:56 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Oh man, I relate! I was very secretive about my special interests for ages and ages; I’m still working on not feeling like I have to be. I’m lucky enough that the important people in my life (i.e. my immediate family and my close online friends) are very understanding, and so what I do is simply tel... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dummy past 'offical age' |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 5:38 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,270
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| I think you meant to say “because” of your autism, not “be cause” of your autism, right? If that’s the case, then yeah, I think it could definitely be an autistic thing! Like others have said, it’s probably an oral stim, and it could be a comfort item as well. Personally, I think the latter aspect i... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, I’m new |
| turnleftaticela |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 5:19 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Wow, this is weird. The first internet community I ever joined and embraced as a home-away-from-home was the Beatles Bible Fab Forum, when I was 12 years old. Since then, I’ve blazed through countless other social media groups, Tumblr communities, Instagram communities, Twitter communities, Reddit s... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Musicians who have (or may have?) Asperger's Syndrome. |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2022, 5:10 pm
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Replies: 492
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| Oh wow! I haven’t checked for replies here because I’ve been scared people would respond negatively to what I wrote. Realistically I didn’t expect anyone to respond at all, much less respond positively! Wow! Thank you both so much. Today I decided to come back to this site and try my hand at startin... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Musicians who have (or may have?) Asperger's Syndrome. |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2022, 11:43 pm
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Replies: 492
Views: 363,456
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| I have no idea if anybody uses this website anymore; in fact, I have no idea what it even is. [EDIT: Okay, I looked around a little bit. Seems cool here.] I literally just made this account to post a reply to this thread, because I need to get this out somewhere people might understand: I am 110% co... |
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