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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you keep your home clean? |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 28 May 2023, 2:16 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,383
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| I live alone in a small studio unit so I'm lucky that I only have myself to clean up after and I don't really own that much stuff. The downside, however, is when my executive dysfunction is particularly bad, I have no one around to help me keep things maintained. I aim to clean as I go, especially i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Thoughts on clubbing? |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 28 May 2023, 2:02 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,240
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| I used to go every now and then with some friends when we were between the ages of 18-20-ish. These were definitely formative times for me and allowed me to build on my already pretty strong masking skills as I was surrounded by fellow young adults all looking for some sort of social experience. I a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Identity crisis after loose diagnosis |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 24 May 2023, 2:04 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 876
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| After suspecting I'm on the spectrum for most of my life, a few months ago I got "loosely" diagnosed with ASD and am working towards a full diagnosis with the support of my GP. My initial visit to the doctor, which led to this, was for what I now believe is autistic burnout (didn't even kn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Experiencing meltdowns |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 03 May 2023, 2:18 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 445
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| Since getting diagnosed with autism as an adult a few months ago and beginning the process of unmasking, I've noticed I'm experiencing what feels like more meltdowns than prior. I'm not sure if maybe I've always experienced them, but only now am noticing them because of the diagnosis/learning more a... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: working in a grocery store as someone who is probs autistic |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2023, 2:22 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,178
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| I worked in a supermarket service deli for 11 years and although I enjoyed it most of the time, it definitely came with its challenges. Sensory overload was a big issue (bright lights, surrounded by loud machinery all day, handling food/textures, smells, customers, music) and all of this would exhau... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What time is it now, where you are? |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2023, 2:08 am
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Replies: 17,640
Views: 437,087
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: In one word, how do you feel right now? |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2023, 2:06 am
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Replies: 26,857
Views: 930,004
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I took the day off work today but feeling guilty |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2023, 1:53 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 692
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| You absolutely should not feel guilty for taking the day off work! In my opinion, this is a very valid reason (I say reason and not excuse) to take a day off as it must have been a very stressful situation to be in for both you and your boyfriend. Your employer should be offering support at a time l... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Growing apart from a long-time NT friend |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2023, 9:23 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,679
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| I recently realised that I've started drifting apart from one of my only friends (which can be common) and I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. I met this friend back when we were both 13y/o when I started at her school as a new student. We were fast friends and then went on to attend the same h... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Last thing ya bought? |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2023, 1:05 am
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Replies: 6,431
Views: 264,368
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Panic about not being accepted. What do I do? |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2023, 11:26 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,447
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| I'm currently in a similar situation so this resonates with me quite strongly. This may not work for everyone else, different strokes for different folks, but for me I always find transparency works best as without it my brain will immediately kick into overdrive reading into things and hyperfixatin... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, new here! |
| pastelanxiety |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2023, 9:37 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 875
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| Hello everyone, I'm a 29 year old woman from New Zealand and found out this morning that I have Aspergers. Ever since I was very young, myself and those around me have often suspected I am not neurotypical, no matter how hard I "try to be", however I have never felt the need to see a profe... |
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