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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: After this, I am not even sure I want friends... |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2015, 11:45 pm
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Replies: 6
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| ...and truly believe I am indeed on the "wrong planet". Introverted aspie bordering on the age of 30 who has a few close friends. The person who I am about to describe in this topic was by far my best friend, someone who I told everything to, and she did the same with me. She is a 45-year-... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I Don't See it Ever Happening... |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2014, 12:02 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,015
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| I am 29, and I remember being in my early 20s very well. What I am going to post here I hope you find to be positive, and is something I should remind myself of on a regular basis given my depressive episodes. I have never even been kissed...and somehow I am OK with that. I am straight and definitel... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Hard-wired to fail? Taking this rejection way too hard... |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2014, 9:33 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,505
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| You should talk about not wanting a family. I married my wife despite her not being able to have kids. I always say that, but she just attributes it to just "being a guy" and that my attitude will change. She knows about my anxiety, but I believe she underestimates the severity...she beli... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Hard-wired to fail? Taking this rejection way too hard... |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2014, 8:37 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I am a male Aspie with severe anxiety...and at times, severe depressive episodes. Alone, I am able to escape anxiety and survive, but around others, I feel...well..."alone". I have accepted this inability to thrive in the presence of others and had even been given LTD in the past based on ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Your Relationship Philosophy |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2011, 9:07 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,771
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| 1. What things do you consider to be cheating? Relationships require 3 pieces: commitment, intimacy,and passion. If these three pieces are exhibited in tandem with another, then I would consider it to be cheating. One can be committed to other interests and people outside of a relationship, and int... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Vowed Celibacy Until I Met Someone, Now Has a b/f...HELP! |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2011, 9:00 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,342
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| I believe that is what I am going to do unless: --They never break up and go the distance (they already have once, I am assigning a low probability here) --Someone else finds me in the meantime (low probability here, too) I am not nervous nor have inferiority complex or anything like that. I will ad... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Does anyone else feel this way about relationships? |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 6:07 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,429
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| It is interesting, the physical qualities have never appealed to me, and the potential loss of independence is downright scary. But the prospect of finding someone who you can sympathize with and understand for a lifetime has allowed me to keep my mind open to the idea...at this time, anyway. I had ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Vowed Celibacy Until I Met Someone, Now Has a b/f...HELP! |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 5:36 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I appreciate the replies. Given what I do for a living, I see very few females who I share interests with, and because I strongly dislike interacting with people, I do not really have many opportunities. In fact, I see so few who are not the wives/girlfriends of other players that I thought keeping ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Have you NEVER had a girlfriend. If so, why? |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2011, 7:51 am
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,303
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Never, and largely because I have been apathetic towards relationships my entire life.
I know that I am comfortable in my own skin, and I do not really wish for this to change. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Vowed Celibacy Until I Met Someone, Now Has a b/f...HELP! |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2011, 7:48 am
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Replies: 10
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| Background: I am diagnosed male AS with GAD and social phobia. I also am a compulsive hoarder. But overall, I am comfortable with myself and have come to terms with who I am as an individual. I have vowed celibacy since the age of 17, and since then, I have had no problem sticking to this course. I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone had extreme fatigue as a symptom of depression? |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,118
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| I am constantly fatigued, sometimes to the point of adversely affecting job performance...I do not really feel like doing much besides sitting on my laptop in my bed, watching television and typing. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you like being alone... |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 6:39 pm
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,588
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I like being alone to a fault, as I am not sure if I would interact with many people if given the choice.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pretty sure I have Asperger's...but is the disorder alone? |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 6:13 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Going through the diagnosis is really hard too you know, there's a lot involved and as an adult it's torture. I've had to see several psychologists and a psychiatrist and had loads of meltdowns as a result of having to talk about really personal embarrassing stuff. But, that said, if you find it di... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pretty sure I have Asperger's...but is the disorder alone? |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 5:54 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Thank you for the helpful advice...this is exactly why I wish to stop running from the diagnosis, as it is becoming very difficult to cope at this point. I have felt this way for over 15 years, and I have done everything in my power to hide it from everyone, including my parents. When I told my fami... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pretty sure I have Asperger's...but is the disorder alone? |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2009, 7:08 am
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Replies: 10
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| Sadly, I believe my employment may be in danger of being terminated. My last boss was as unsupportive as one could ever fathom--it appears that people with AS have inconsistencies with personality, and my boss made my performance review last year as if the 8-12 days when it really acted up were the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pretty sure I have Asperger's...but is the disorder alone? |
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Posted: 27 Dec 2009, 11:19 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I really do appreciate the quick and helpful reply. Causes...hmmmm, would it help to mention that I have severe head trauma resulting from swelling of the brain at the age of 5 months? I sincerely doubt it, but it doesn't hurt to mention. I mean, I am mainly concerned because I know how to cope with... |
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