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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling I can't say anything to people who cross the line |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2024, 10:32 am
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| Either self esteem (inability to assert), avoidance and anxiety (conflict adverse), or ignorance of what's appropriate for themselves (permissive) causes the lack of boundaries. I don't believe it's an autism thing alone. There's a distinction. It's a common circumstances thing related to the commo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling I can't say anything to people who cross the line |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2024, 3:18 am
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| Either self esteem (inability to assert), avoidance and anxiety (conflict adverse), or ignorance of what's appropriate for themselves (permissive) causes the lack of boundaries. I don't believe it's an autism thing alone. There's a distinction. It's a common circumstances thing related to the commo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling I can't say anything to people who cross the line |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2024, 2:00 am
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| Is it common or normal for autistic people to just "take" what others are doing to them even if it is totally out of line and greatly invades your space? I have been a "patient" of the mental health system for most of my life and there have been times when counselors/others/fello... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Distinguishing paranoia from hypervigilance |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2024, 12:13 am
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Replies: 13
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| I was just thinking about something along the lines of this. I recall in my 20s, an EX of mine got really annoyed with me and I felt was being dismissive of my feelings, when I had stated a couple of times that people were likely talking about me behind my back at work. Growing up, especially in JR... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Self Improvement |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2024, 1:46 am
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Replies: 22
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shortfatbalduglyman wrote: Get a real job
Eat less
Donation
Save $$$
Be more social
Forgive
Don't hold grudges so often s**t
Cook more
I like this list. Simple, yet empowering for me, because I think my life, especially my mind, is too overworked. I need simple. Yet, I would have to work at this. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you like getting your hair washed at the hairdresser? |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2024, 1:10 am
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Replies: 30
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| I don't go anywhere to get my hair cut anymore. I have really short hair and to keep it up would mean having to make a lot of trips to the hair salon as well as extra expense. I bought some clippers and cut my own. I've saved a lot of money already. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newly Diagnosed Age 62 |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2024, 12:47 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I am 49 and strongly feel I have autism. I am going to get tested in the very near future so I'll find out then. Im glad you have found a specific reason for any problems you may have. Welcome to WP! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2024, 10:11 am
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Replies: 14
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skibum wrote: If I were you, I would definitely seek out an autism assessment if you are able to do that.
Thank you, I am going to. I looked online to see if my insurance covers testing and it does or pretty much does. I need to call the "center" and see what I have to do to get tested. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2024, 10:34 pm
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| One word of caution about assessment: If you have any desire to get life insurance and don't have it already, do that prior to your assessment. It puts us at a higher risk group and most life insurance won't insure us with the diagnosis because they think we're all going to commit mass hari-kari or... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2024, 10:14 pm
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| To everyone who's replied to me: I have been trying to reply back, but I can't for the life of me, understand how to do it even after someone told me how. There are 2 people here I've replied to and I messed it up and someone else I couldn't even respond to. I'm sorry. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2024, 9:47 pm
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| Thank you, Double Retired for your advice and kind words. That is so kind of you to say. My therapist gave me information about a place where I can get tested that's only 15 min from my house. So, if my insurance will cover it, I will get tested. After reading all the replies, I know much more than ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2024, 9:28 pm
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| Hi and welcome. I can relate to your feelings of "otherness" and being a highly-introverted, disjointed thinker. I always knew there was something different about me but I had no idea what it was. I was aware of it at age three, if not sooner. I also went to lots of therapists for differen... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2024, 8:44 pm
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| Sorry Mountain Goat for messing up your reply to me |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2024, 8:42 pm
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| ]Could be autism causing the other mental issues? I am one who didn't have a clue I was on the spectrum, because when one saw cases on the news they were the worst cases in a physical (And mental) way, so when it was suggested to me I was autistic, I thought they were either trying to insult me (Not... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this autism? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2024, 6:54 pm
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| Hi again. (I am sorry for this long post.) I just read someone else's reply to a post where they said they didn't feel like they had severe autism, but wanted to research it anyway. I think this person said they felt different, but weren't sure how. That comment made me think of my own situation. I'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Shutdowns |
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Posted: 02 Jul 2024, 10:54 am
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Replies: 11
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| I thought I might explain a little bit more about the Frizzle . I may not have understood what is going on when I was young but now looking back, I will try and explain what is happening during a frizzle. The human brain has two parts. One exist on the left side of the brain and it is the dominant ... |
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