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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: mild autistic disorder vs aspergers |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 3:24 pm
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Replies: 78
Views: 5,079
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| Personally, I very slightly prefer having Asperger's. But I've taken to saying iAsperger's/igh-functioning autism. Doesn't matter. I'm no different, whatever I'm called. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A rambling post because if anybody would understand... |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011, 9:17 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 990
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| I do tend to overthink everything, because I still on't grasp the concept of why overthinking is bad, and with Facebook that's a problem for somebody at least once a week. It was a "Blade Runner" moment—I go along passing as a typical human until I fail somebody's compassion test and stand accused o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A rambling post because if anybody would understand... |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2011, 8:40 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 990
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| Thank you. Sometimes I just get lost in what a "normal" reaction would be. I don't censor anybody but myself on the page, because I know most of us with EDS are in pain, but it gets confusing some days. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A rambling post because if anybody would understand... |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2011, 8:01 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I try to deal with Facebook for an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) page—believe me the irony of someone like me dealing with social media isn't lost. I keep getting called condescending, that exact word. Today, because I wasn't able to discern a desire for emotional support from the post, "I think this... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else have difficulties with their diagnosis? |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2011, 1:59 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,601
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| Wonder about it? No. It answered a lot of questions I still had about myself, and I'm a lot more content with myself, with what I can do well and the areas in which I have trouble. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Enhanced visual functioning in autism: An ALE meta-analysis |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2011, 2:53 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,111
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have trouble recognizing physical pain? |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 5:16 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,445
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| It's not that I don't feel pain, or that it doesn't affect me. I have a lot of chronic and acute pain as a result of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder of collagen that results in almost all my joints being able to slip or fall apart. But I'm just as likely become annoyed and irrit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why not be more social? |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2011, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,044
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| I don't much see the point of a social life. If I'm largely happy on my own, so what? Now and then I worry about not having a life, until I realize I'm just worried about odd things like, if I died, no one would notice in time to feed the cats, and don't really care about getting out to see people. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do other people say you notice more detail than others? |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 10:59 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,152
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TeaEarlGreyHot wrote: I've been told since I can remember that I had 'an amazing eye for detail'. This is mainly due to me noticing things others don't.
The kicker is, though, that I often miss the obvious.
Ha! Yes.
I'm a great proofreader for instance, my eye sees typos before my brain understands what's wrong. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A hypothesis that those on spectrum are not socially blind |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011, 8:54 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 5,843
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| "…autistic individuals may in principle be very well able to attend to social cues, feel emotions and even empathize with others or read their minds, but they avoid doing so, because it is emotionally too overwhelming, anxiety-inducing, and stressful." Yes, this. For me, at least. To the point of b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people think you don't say what you mean? |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2011, 5:09 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,905
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| I can give you an intellectual answer immediately. But still at 54 I have trouble figuring out how I feel about something when asked, or that that was what was asked for—I don't want to be inaccurate. What seems to really throw people is when I respond to "How do you feel about..." with, "I don't kn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you do in terms of stimming? |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2011, 4:45 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 7,191
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| I consider it stimming when it's something I'm doing to focus my brain in a situation that's giving me too much sensory input. For instance, sitting in the waiting room at the county hospital, too much noise with people yelling names, doors slamming, people talking, too bright, too many smells, too ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Themes in Dreams |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 9:40 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,450
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| The dreams that I remember—I have a great deal of sleeping difficulty, because my brain forgets to breathe several times an hour, and my dreams usually don't take place in deep sleep because I rarely *get* to deep sleep—anyway, the dreams I remember are almost always full-blown movies in which I'm t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A closer look at empathy |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 9:33 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,257
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| For me, it's too much empathy. It can literally paralyze me, and I frequently wonder why others don't seem to feel that identification. I don't understand how one puts that into a "norma;" social interaction. Yes, crowds tire me out, too. It's partly the overstimulation—too much noise, too much move... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it normal to approach dogs at the walk by? |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 9:20 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,782
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| I'm far more likely to "talk" to the animals on my walks than the humans. The animals are authentic, I guess the word is. Easier for me to understand their intentions than most humans. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Light Sensitivity |
| MarkMartino |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2011, 11:17 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 7,032
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| I forgot to mention my visual snow/pixellation/whatever that intensifies with overstimulation. It doesn't really impair my vision so far, but it's definitely visible and occasionally a distraction. It's always seemed to me like mine was excessive "system noise", nerve or brain static. Yeah. You kno... |
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