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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why dont you make eye contact |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 09 May 2014, 1:08 pm
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Replies: 63
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| my discomfort with eye contact stems from a combination of factors: a) it's hard to look at a person's face and hear what they are saying at the same time, it's just easier to pay attention if i look away, usually at a blank surface like a wall or the floor--then i can concentrate on their words; b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your phobia? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2014, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 145
Views: 7,571
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| water that I can't see through , for example, in the southern US there are lots of ponds that are thick like pea soup... UGH , but also any nice lake, especially if anything touches my legs while swimming, like seaweed or just anything.... just *PANIC* yuck creeping myself out just thinking about i... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Autism starts in second trimester of pregnancy? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 12:12 am
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Replies: 4
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't walk on my toes, but... |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2014, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 6
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If I am understanding you correctly, then ---I do this,{but I've just never given it any thought before....or tried to describe it}
I put just my toes on the floor, which is usually easy, as I have short legs. It makes it easier to do my other habit, which is bouncing my leg. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: are aspie women more social |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2014, 1:29 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,198
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| I don't understand how some of you ladies have no social life,and still manage to find a husband. were you social before you meet your husband. He chose me. I accepted him. We met at a vocational training course, and I had a small dog that I had to let out and walk at every break in the classwork. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: anyone else have trouble communicating? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2014, 2:27 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,500
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| very weird you would bring up this topic, because I was just complaining to my husband about feeling this way.... It is so very frustrating, and as he has been sick for almost a year, and been to many doctors, you start to realize that miscommunication can be more than frustrating, it could potentia... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: are aspie women more social |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2014, 2:20 am
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Replies: 47
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I'm an adult, diagnosed, female aspie. I do not socialize. At all. Nor do I want to, and I am old enough that nobody can really make me, either.
Edited to add: I am married. Husband is allowed to have friends, but don't drag me into it - no "couple's night" or whatever it is that NT's do. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I Just Got My Results Back... |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2014, 9:57 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,153
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| you are sooooooooooo lucky to have a support group in your area, or any resources at all - that is great ! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else get depressed during winter? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 5:23 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,505
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| yes, I get seasonal affective disorder bigtime . I now take mega doses of vitamin D3, after a blood test revealed that I'm way too low, and I've found that has helped my S.A.D. very much so. Wish I'd known that years ago. Doesn't help that I was born in the middle of winter in Seattle to a depressed... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever had to endure bullying in your own family?? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 4:48 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,735
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| yes, as a child, the bully was at home. I was mostly ignored in school. I am an adoptee, and the adoptive "mother" has her own issues. I honestly think she is borderline.... but she certainly was not equipped to raise a child like me. Because of the abuse, I went to live with a step-dad when he divo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you consider yourself Autistic? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014, 11:10 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 5,478
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| I don't even care to use the term " Asperger Syndrome " in conversation, because A ) people insist on pronouncing it Ass-Burgers and B ) because the media persists in associating it with psychopathy and violence. If my disability requires discussion, I always call it " a form of autism ," because t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: [Female Aspies] - Is this List Credible? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2014, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 3,852
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| this list was VERY instrumental in my seeking a diagnosis. Supremely helpful to me, personally |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Color Sensitivity POLL |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2014, 3:24 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,016
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| pink. Its very condescending |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2014, 9:30 pm
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Replies: 35,577
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What causes your misery, that you've been unable to share? |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2014, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 7
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| I relate to everything in the OP, and in a nutshell, I'd just say that I'm supposed to care and intuit everyone else's feelings, and be sensitive to them, always be cheerful, positive and polite, but everyone else {or society at large} doesn't give a rat's azz about MY feelings. I'm supposed to just... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: why are doctors so reluctant to diagnose people with ASD |
| fleurdelily |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014, 1:30 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,833
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bumble wrote: There are no medications for Aspergers, but there are for ADHD and OCD.
Money!
BINGO! |
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