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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia poll |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2022, 1:06 am
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Replies: 73
Views: 4,607
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| I'm the polar opposite of aphantasia. I can see the red star ("6") in my mind's eye, though I don't literally see it. For me to literally "see" stuff with my closed eyes, I'd have to be in an altered state such as a deep meditative or dream state (I sometimes lucid dream). I can ... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Are there two distinct forms of BDSM? |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2022, 1:04 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 107
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| I feel like I kinda get what you're saying. Here's what I observed... there's the one kind of person into BDSM, who is I guess basically a normie, and... I don't know what that is, having never known them. But then there are also a ton of autistic people in BDSM. And neurodivergent and disabled peop... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: feeling an invisible glass wall between myself and others |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2022, 6:54 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,044
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| Curious what you think of this theory ? Sounds about right to me. I experience the world mainly as an observer, never as an active participant. I sometimes feel like a single point of perception. Like a camera angle in a movie or videogame, just moving through an artificial environment. The sensati... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mandatory Therapeutic Disclosure Act for therapists |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2022, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,623
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| No, therapists are not trying to drop "hints" by cooing at people. ... It is more likely that when she said "aww," she was expressing *sympathy* because of something you'd just said. Pfft! :roll: That wasn't "sympathy"! The tone of her cooing was the same as if I broug... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What made you first wonder if you could be Autistic? |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2022, 5:22 pm
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Replies: 51
Views: 3,942
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| I am late diagnosed, but I have *always* known I was ND because my whole childhood is basically a long narrative of being kicked out of various schools, being dragged around from clinician office to clinician office, the constant evaluations, being homeschooled after the school officials threatened ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mandatory Therapeutic Disclosure Act for therapists |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2022, 4:24 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,623
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| Interesting to consider. I am looking back on my own experience with therapy and realizing that there have been really long runs with therapy where the therapist either did not believe I was autistic (I went to therapy with a number of different people before it came up and was quick to have ADHD br... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Marijuana |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2022, 11:44 pm
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Replies: 81
Views: 10,792
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| I only seem to be able to carry on conversations with people if I smoke some weed first. It's like I have to actively make myself dumber to interact normally with people. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: feeling an invisible glass wall between myself and others |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2022, 10:08 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Is this just a common autism feeling? I have felt all my life like I'm basically encased in a bubble. I get by just fine out in the world, socially speaking, in terms of everyday types of transactions. I feel like, at this point in my life, I have mastered enough social skills. I don't offend people... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and metaphors |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2022, 4:32 pm
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Replies: 57
Views: 4,561
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| It's all about the idea that autistic adults don't matter. They take kids of certain age and the autistic ones do much worse in some cognitive areas. That's because they have a DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. It's doesn't mean they can't catch up in these areas later. I relate to this because the main wa... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I love Starbucks |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2022, 6:11 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,636
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| I don't enjoy cafes anymore, unfortunately, unless they're some of the more "old school" kind that actually have comfortable seating, softer background music, and dimmer lighting. I used to love cafes: number one neuro-friendly place to hang out. Now I can't even be in my local Peet's anym... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Best Neurodiverse Combo? |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2022, 4:41 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 944
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| I'm ASD and ADHD and with someone who has both ADHD and CP. We actually have fairly similar narratives around midline crossing, processing, dyspraxia/motor type issues, bullying in school because of being gifted but also bullying in school because of being perceived as intellectually challenged, etc... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Do we fall in love differently/feel attracted differently? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2022, 11:34 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,760
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| This is something that I've felt for much of my life; as if the way in which I have crushes, feel attracted, and or fall in love, is somehow different from what's expected in NT World. I am in a good relationship now and have been for years (with someone who is ND, but not autistic - he has ADHD). B... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you only feel one emotion at a time? |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2022, 11:35 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 846
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| I have alexithymia, so yeah. I'm really only good at understanding if I'm feeling angry, amused, or nothing at all. Those are my comfort zones/what I am familiar with. I know sometimes I must be feeling more complex emotions or multiple emotions at once, but it's as though my head gets hit with the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone older then 30 still live with their parents? |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2022, 11:33 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,677
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| I have lived either with my parents or with someone else taking care of things, for big chunks of my adult life. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Was it better to be unaware of your own autism? |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 12:49 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 4,935
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| I didn't actually start succeeding at anything or having lasting relationships until I became aware of my autism. I had no idea why specific things were so hard, and it also helped me identify what came more easily. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Love on the Spectrum: US edition |
| orbweaver |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2022, 9:37 pm
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Replies: 155
Views: 9,425
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| Well... in my own case, I had friends and dates as long as I stuck to nerd culture. The times when I've wanted to be into anything *else* - I've found myself profoundly isolated. I feel like there's a glass wall between me and most people I meet who aren't the handful of gamers I'm already friends w... |
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