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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Curious- Anxiety in Autistics |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 4:48 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I think I might have SA and Asperger's. However the latter is undiagnosed (therefore I am unwilling to fully commit to saying I have it). I have been to see a what I think is a clinical psychologist (don't know for sure) to see about CBT for SA. when I talked about my issues, which were basically an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Saw a young man with Autism, today |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2009, 1:50 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,537
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| I saw a kid with what I think was a carer, whilst I was on tills in a store. He went " hey fatty bum bum" in a deep vibrating voice. It made me laugh because it came out of no where. he made my day. :D he might have been autistic, can't say for sure. I think you can tell when a person's autistic whe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone here suffer from shyness/ social phobia? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2009, 8:55 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 784
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Psychiatrist today asked if I believe in aliens. |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009, 8:16 am
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Replies: 58
Views: 5,365
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Alien Lifeform, yes, isn't there supposed to be some sort of bacteria discovered on planets?
as for sentient life forms, who knows  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Whats your favorite Movie? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2009, 3:02 am
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Replies: 71
Views: 6,611
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You Might be an Aspie if... |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 6:16 pm
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Replies: 4,649
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someone calls you a freak in public 
(the context for this was, friday night, town centre, group of lads out drinking, the person who said it might have gone to the same high school as me) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you play with toys? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 6:14 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 5,776
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20, "play" video games, there is a definite similarity between video games and conventional hildrens toys in that you have a good time in a pretend world. Any one who turns their nose up at video games is missing out  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This is why I cant go out in public anymore |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2009, 7:50 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,367
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| you should have said: I'm not the kind of person that walks around with a stupid grin on my face :D :P Funny. Seriously, you've gotta cut people some slack for trying to start a conversation with you. They're not trying to insult you, they're trying to draw you out because they WANT to have some in... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone ever done this to you? What's it called? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2009, 1:13 pm
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Replies: 31
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| They were makeing fun of you. I've had that happen to me, many times. It still happens, once in a while. It got really bad, when I was working in this factory, 10 to 14 years ago. I've started hanging out with some younger girls who happened to be from a rough city, close to the city that I live in... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This is why I cant go out in public anymore |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2009, 1:05 pm
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Replies: 22
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| So I went to the Wendy's near my school for lunch today, and apparently I've been going there more than usual because when I went to the counter to order, the cashier mustve recognized me as a frequent customer (though I never noticed him) because the first thing he asks me "why do you always look ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone ever done this to you? What's it called? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2009, 11:15 pm
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Replies: 31
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| Suppose that you are talking to two or more persons. They are standing side by side, and you are standing in front of them. You accidentally say or do something that one of the persons finds "strange" or "unconventional", and that person responds by lightly elbowing the person standing next to her,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How About That Boy Who Won't Say the Pledge of Allegiance? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 5:32 pm
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Replies: 47
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_B3RbgV18 Isn't he articulate? Isn't he right? Doesn't he sound like an Aspie? I really liked his dad's reactions, too. he sounds like he truly understands the constitution rather than this fellow mrvalero305 (5 hours ago) Show Hide -3 Marked as spam Reply f**k that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Parties - do you avoid them...? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 6:00 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Hi, When invited to parties, do you welcome them or dread them? And why? For me - I dread them. Maybe it is because of all the people coming up to me, wanting to make small talk, I'm not sure. My stomach gets all twisted up in knots before the event. And even holiday family gatherings get me twiste... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there any aspie celebraties? |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 5:27 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I'm learnng this lesson. It seems that even though you may be different, people can still accept you for who you are. you are apart of the group and are social, even if you don't think you are. Simply being in the perview of others means you are a social being whether you like it or not. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: nothing to explain my strangeness now |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2009, 6:25 pm
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Replies: 21
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| He sounds about as useful as the one I saw- ie, not useful at all. are you saying he is ignorant about Autism? would it have been better if she saw a clinical psychologist? I don't know how much of an expert he was, he works at the community mental health place, the only place I can go with my insu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: nothing to explain my strangeness now |
| Hobart |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2009, 6:11 pm
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Replies: 21
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Graelwyn wrote: He sounds about as useful as the one I saw- ie, not useful at all.
are you saying he is ignorant about Autism? would it have been better if she saw a clinical psychologist? |
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