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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: I wish I had a name for this |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2023, 5:07 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,316
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Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate it.
I’m in the middle of “pondering” all this. |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: I wish I had a name for this |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2023, 6:37 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,316
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| I have a brother who was diagnosed PDD-NOS. And two of my nephews and at least one grade school age cousin have been officially diagnosed, so it’s definitely in our family. I’m thinking ASD, ADD/ADHD (which also runs muchly in my family), plus dysfunctional family dynamics that go back generations a... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: I wish I had a name for this |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2023, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,316
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| Thank you for your reply. I had to think about it a bit. I was raised by parents who had their own load of wounds and trauma, who were raised by my grandparents who had *their* own wounds and trauma. I was never the victim of a crime, but my parents didn’t know how to act like regular people. By the... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: I wish I had a name for this |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2023, 3:46 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,316
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| Hi. I’m feeling overwhelmed at the moment. I know I’m grieving. I’m grieving for my childhood, for my lack of socialization, for not “getting the memo” like everybody else seemed to do, for not really understanding the social norms. For a long time, I thought it was lack of wise parenting. There cer... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Trying to figure it all out |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2023, 9:35 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,230
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Trying to figure it all out |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 7:51 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,230
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| Thank you for your replies :) . This is a good starting place. Yeah, I realize self-diagnosis has its pitfalls. I simply don’t have $1000 lying around to spend on an official diagnosis :? Especially because a label won’t really change anything for me, besides giving me insight. Don’t get me wrong. I... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Frasier reboot trailer |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 8:05 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,553
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I watched the pilot. It was … okay.
I didn’t hate it or anything, but it’s not anybodys “best effort”, no hook or interesting new premise.
It’s based on nostalgia |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: So as some of you know my..grandpa may be dynig soon, |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 7:59 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 814
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| You provided a comfort for a dying man |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: How would you react if you woke up back in 1995? |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 7:15 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,712
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No thanks. I was going through infertility treatments
I did eventually get pregnant, though |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Informal survey/your story re: undiagnosed most your life |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 7:03 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 15,422
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Obscure, intense interests. Difficulties with socializing as a child (had friends but not “first picked”). Belief I was born in the wrong century. Stomachaches.
Learned to fit in better as I got older, but the disconnected feeling persisted. I was always the “last to know”. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Would I be happier having done something society expects ? |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 6:46 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 13,880
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| I’m going to venture an unpopular opinion. It depends on what’s at stake. If “doing what society expects” is reading that popular book or trying out that new restaurant, you might find you like it. If it’s making new friends, you might find people who you find mutually enjoyable and beneficial. But ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: What if the Internet had been available to us as children? |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 6:28 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 27,705
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| I can only answer for myself, but for me it would have been disastrous. If I’d been provided with an escape from real life interactions, I would have taken it so fast. But I was forced to push through my severe social anxiety and learn to relate to people in real life. But like I said, that’s just m... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Trying to figure it all out |
| Denise Darnell |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 5:56 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,230
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| So I’ve been doing a life review and looking over my childhood, I had so many traits of both autism and add/adhd. Both run in my family, so I’m familiar with both, but I’m more used to the type of ASD that is so severe as to preclude holding down a job. I never rose to the level of getting a diagnos... |
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