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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: the letter I've been dreading for 15 years, it's here... |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011, 12:58 am
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Replies: 33
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| I'm a RN who has worked in doctor's offices for many years, and you can rest assured that you're not the only woman who has a phobia about the "pap smear." (as we refer to it here in the U.S.). How is your relationship with your physician? Do you feel you can communicate your feelings to your doctor... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How can I get my dad to believe that I was raped? |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2010, 6:33 pm
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Replies: 27
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| I'd say that after three years there's nothing new you can say or do that's going to convince your dad that the rape actually happened. Even if it is a matter of denial on his part for whatever reason, you can't control his reaction or lack thereof. So my advice is to just drop the rope and walk awa... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Considering therapy |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2010, 2:57 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Leander , not everyone has such a negative view of therapy. That's right - some people don't even have AS , or know what its like to spend a lifetime being told your difficulties are an imaginary product of your own weakness and to just suck it up and do what everyone else is doing, or you're worth... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Considering therapy |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2010, 9:23 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I don't find it any easier to 'open up' to a therapist than I do with anyone else. I find myself wasting an hour a week talking about television and the weather and small talk nonsense like that because I don't really believe anyone wants to hear what's actually bothering me - just because they're ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Place Blindness," being directionally challenged |
| blondenurse |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 10:23 pm
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Replies: 29
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| I have HUGE problems like this. When I'm driving I make it to and from but I often take the same route. I frequently get lost if I improvise. I always try to print out directions on mapquest or google maps in advance of going somewhere, and I carry a lot of maps in the car. I don't have trouble rea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Place Blindness," being directionally challenged |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2010, 11:45 pm
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Replies: 29
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| Even if you've been somewhere a million times, you could still get confused figuring out which way to go. When I read this I saw myself right away, as just a couple of days ago I spent more than an hour on a simple errand that should have taken perhaps 20-25 minutes. I made FIVE major directional m... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I want to disappear |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2010, 10:40 pm
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Homicidal |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2010, 6:28 pm
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Replies: 14
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| My heart goes out to you. Your situation is absolutely heart-wrenching. Being a mother who has had to make exceedingly difficult decisions in the best interest of both my son and the rest of the family, I'd say the last sentence of your post says it all. I'd consider this a psychiatric emergency, re... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do You talk to Yourself? |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2010, 5:49 pm
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Replies: 47
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| Believe it or not, I didn't realize that I talk to myself daily until about 10 years ago, and I'm 52 now. No one had ever said anything about it until then. It's funny, until it's brought to your attention, you often don't even notice things that you do. People who know me say they've learned that w... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Dating multiple people vs. being exclusive |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 22
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| In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with dating more than one person at a time as long as you aren't sexually intimate and you're open with all persons involved as to your dating status. Once you progress to a sexual relationship with anyone, however, it's time to become exclusive with that person. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Irritating Inaccuracies |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 61
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| "Harry and I went to the pub," is grammatically correct, but I eventually gave up correcting anyone, no matter how tempted, as people tend to become quite annoyed and don't find it helpful at all. Imagine that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are Aspie shutdowns classic Autism? |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I have to fully agree with Willard, which is why the psychological community is moving toward removing Asperger's as a separate diagnosis altogether. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social Awkwardness Online |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 10:02 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I have a close AS family member in his mid-thirties who has a lot of difficulty with lengthy online chats. He's extremely bright, but has problems processing information quickly and thus responding in the back-and-forth fashion of chatting, much like with face-to-face conversation. So...he prefers s... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Aspie BF broke up now wants reconnect need advice! |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 6
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| NT girl68--Please hear me out before you dismiss what I have to say. From one woman to another (and one nurse to another), your description of your ex's behavior from beginning to end sounds like textbook Narcissistic Personality behavior, NOT AS. Not to say he doesn't have AS as well, but I doubt t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wetting the bed |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2010, 12:29 am
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Replies: 37
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| An update for anyone who might be interested in the info I mentioned in a previous post in this thread regarding a medication, "DDAVP," that was prescribed to my son about 15 years ago for enuresis. (His was severe and we'd had no success after years of trying all the usual conservative measures, i.... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wetting the bed |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2010, 10:00 pm
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Replies: 37
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| Sparrowrose, I'm wondering whether you and I may have shared the same mother?? (J/K, of course). I can relate to your feelings EXACTLY. My mother has always been a generally manipulative, dramatic person with a very "selective" memory. She's never used the "you must have dreamed it" line--she's alwa... |
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