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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Fear of change and Asperger's |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 24 May 2011, 2:26 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,986
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| I feel very stuck right now. I have a huge fear of change and trying anything new. I am very socially isolated. I don't know whether my fear of change is directly related to my Asperger's syndrome or other mental health issues (I was diagnosed with Asperger's in my early 40s after a long history of ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Do you have a celebrity crush? |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 16 May 2011, 7:03 am
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Replies: 85
Views: 22,840
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| @ Laconvivencia: I didn't mean to blaspheme :wink: Seriously though, I don't 'get' celebrity culture. Many female celebrities are admired because of their physical appearance. I'm far more interested in people's brains and personality :) I love Prof Brian Cox (particle physicist), who in the UK some... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Do you have a celebrity crush? |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 16 May 2011, 2:57 am
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Replies: 85
Views: 22,840
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| I dislike the cult of celebrity and what it stand for. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Self-hatred |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 1:12 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,213
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| Maybe it would help, initially, to try to determine why you feel self-hatred? What is it about yourself that you dislike? Is there anything you can do to help you like yourself better? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For those who were diagnosed late... |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 3:43 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,278
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| I was diagnosed at age 43. Throughout my life I had been given diagnoses of 'giftedness', OCD, anorexia nervosa, depression, social anxiety... As a young child I had OCD-like symptoms, many phobias and fear of change. When I was 12 I became depressed and started to control my food intake in a very o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Book About Lack of Empathy |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 3:00 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,390
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| I found the book quite interesting, but I think that Baron-Cohen has a rather fixed idea of Asperger's syndrome. Not everyone with Asperger's syndrome (AS) is the same. There is a group of autistic traits and people with AS express these traits to varying degrees. Some people with AS find understand... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Book About Lack of Empathy |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 1:45 am
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Replies: 29
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| I read the book over the weekend. Simon Baron Cohen is actually rather kind to people with autism and Asperger's syndrome in this book. He describes us as 'hyper-moral'. I am not too sure that we have 'zero empathy', as he suggests, but he is in no way suggesting that people with autism are in any w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: DISGUSTING Video about Aspergers and Cats |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2011, 5:19 am
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Replies: 55
Views: 8,690
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I love the video - and you suit the make-up  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not wanting friends |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2011, 11:11 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,238
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| This is complicated. I do want friends and have a few close friends who I occasionally see and quite regularly talk to on the phone or through the internet. I would feel 'empty' if I didn't have friends. However, I don't like going out much - unless I am going somewhere familiar and doing something ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: eye contact |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011, 4:19 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,506
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| This question has probably been asked and answered before, but can anyone explain WHY eye contact is difficult for them? Like others that have answered this post I find my eyes dart everywhere when I'm in conversation with someone and I get distracted by all the information. But right from being a s... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Anyone here NOT into cats? |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011, 4:13 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,702
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I'm not answering your question 'correctly' - because I totally adore cats. However, I also adore guinea pigs 
Dogs frighten me.. and I don't know how to communicate with them... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone with AS ever struggled with an eating disorder? |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011, 2:19 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,794
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| I had anorexia nervosa for many years. It wasn't about body image at all. I actually started to over-exercise because of anxiety (exercise is super-stimming for some Aspies) and found that I became very obsessive about exercising in a particular way at certain times of the day. I then began to count... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How to get a BETTER social life? |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011, 4:06 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,549
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| I understand perfectly what you are saying. I find social situations difficult and exhausting too, and I spend a lot of time alone. I do not mind spending time alone and am very independent, but sometimes I feel lonely and as if I am 'missing out' on life. I didn't go anywhere at Christmas or New Ye... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I can't empathize with lack of empathy |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011, 8:52 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,231
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| I'm glad you brought this topic up... I have very strong feelings (of distress) when I see other people in pain, bullied etc. I can certainly see that they are distressed and I also feel distressed. I hate it when people with autism are said to lack empathy. The main problem I have is with expressin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anorexia, Anxiety and Control |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2009, 6:55 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,959
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| Spokane_Girl - thanks for the reply. I'm sorry you lost your baby :cry: I am aware that it has been suggested that 'Anorexia is the female Asperger's' - but I don't think that's accurate. I know many people with anorexia nervosa and few of them have Asperger's syndrome or other ASDs. Starvation and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do You Dislike People Getting Physically Close You You? |
| Gingerbiscuit |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2009, 3:34 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,857
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| I can identify with this - A LOT. I find close contact really difficult. I find eye contact more difficult the closer I get to a person and the more clearly I can see their facial features. I then worry if people think I am being rude because I have to look away and become absorbed with (e.g.) the p... |
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