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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting desperate |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2008, 7:43 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I've been having the same issues for so long.. throughout my uni career and something has really snapped inside of me and ive made up my mind that truly i dont want to finish university (as late as im finishing it) and regret that i never got as much out of it as i should. I have the same problem w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting desperate |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2008, 6:56 pm
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| I sympathise - what you described is remarkably like the way I figured it would go if I went to university. I guess my defense mechanisms were ahead of the game. So I thought "stuff that" and started applying for jobs instead. But that's just me. I just don't do the "American dream" thing, the thin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting desperate |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2008, 4:35 am
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| Thanks everyone!! NocturnalQuilter and kelsi: The classses I am doing at least this semester are truly passions, and so it frustrates me even more that i get stuck and can't show that on my work. ther was a paper that i was given a long extra time to complete but couldnt manage it on time, handed up... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting desperate |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2008, 12:14 am
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Replies: 14
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| I've been having the same issues for so long.. throughout my uni career and something has really snapped inside of me and ive made up my mind that truly i dont want to finish university (as late as im finishing it) and regret that i never got as much out of it as i should. i really don't know what's... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Absorbing" ''aspie'' traits?? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2008, 2:21 am
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Replies: 16
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| Spin off from the "ever terrified you're not the real deal" thread... cos that got me thinking... I seem to frequently ''absorb'' the mannerisms or behaviours of people I see/read about... like well... characters and such.. and am worried (because my traits are more in the grey area) that I'm exager... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever become terrified you're not the "real deal"? |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2008, 1:57 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 7,134
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| Oh I know just what you mean, and it's that way to for me because I'm more a borderline case if at all. For YEARS I over-obsessed and fretted over this. Am I? Am I not? The irony of course is that I obsessed/hyperfocused over it to such a degree that it by itself it would seem a very strong Aspie tr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Studies on daydreaming? |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 6:19 am
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Replies: 7
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| Does anyone know of studies on daydreaming in any aspect? Not talking about Freudian psychoanalysis, but who daydreams more, why, personality etc. On the same not, sometimes I wonder how much I daydream in relation to the next person. I don't know if it's a habit borne out of boredom but I seem to g... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being independent/ learned behaviour etc |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2008, 12:08 am
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Replies: 7
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| I've seen this happen SO many times. It's ridiculous how much parents will over-protect a kid, even with a relatively minor disability. (I don't know if you consider your Asperger's a disability, but you do say you have skills that you're behind on, so I'll assume so.) Like you said, they wanted to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being independent/ learned behaviour etc |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 8:12 am
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Replies: 7
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| At 23 i carry myself more like a 16 year old, in most relationship dynamics im the one who needs to be 'helped' and probably as independent as a 14 year old. my AS dx or mis dx is a long story but anyway im prob have a personality similar to someone with AS rather than a ''real'', neurologically dif... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Annoyed about being judged for 'non-sexuality' |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2008, 10:39 am
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Replies: 22
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| Hey sorry I've been so tardy in following up to my own thread-- just wanted to say it's been such a big help and relief to read every single post, thoughts about the nature of sexuality and its huge differences among us and experiences and be assured that it's okay. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Annoyed about being judged for 'non-sexuality' |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 7:15 am
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Replies: 22
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| I've had same sex crushes, but in a very kid-goes-ga-ga over pretty schoolteacher way. I've had sort of more adult thoughts, but for very brief and fleeting periods of my life, i.e. a week. I've never graduated to wanting any romantic relationships with members of either sex, not because I have a la... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The NT Perspective |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 5,259
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rushfanatic wrote: I am greatly offended by swearing, and slang.....I do not get it, do not need to hear it.......
But that's a purely personal thing, not an Aspie thing. let's not turn this thread into a "how to treat me? I like sugar in my coffee."
But yeah, I find a lot of swearing needless. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: CNN reporting Cho was diagnosed with Autism |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2007, 10:40 am
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Replies: 45
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| 1. I hope the insensitive teacher and students are having a bit more trouble sleeping at night knowing that they helped push the situation further along... bloody racist pricks the kids are. 2. Bullying alone doesn't explain this degree of cold calculated murder. It doesn't seem he even targeted his... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 30 Killed In Virgina Tech Shooting |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 4:12 am
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Replies: 148
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| I'm pretty sure ALL of us have been given that sort of sh** and bullied that way...that just comes with the AS territory. That will ALWAYS happen...after 9/11, Muslims and other "brown people" no longer count as citizens...during the Red era, "commies" weren't even human beings. That is just how th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Heart Breaking Tonight for Son |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2007, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 51
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| Glad to hear your son is having a good and relaxing break :D I can see how with the lack of financial resources, as you say getting him into another school will be difficult especially when schools these days are ALL about performance and are unlikely to accept a child who has extra needs and is str... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Heart Breaking Tonight for Son |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2007, 10:51 am
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Replies: 51
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| P.S: I think we have to keep in mind that the suggestions we make for Earthcalling have to be realistic to limited finances. P.P.S: Earthcalling this may not at all work but since you're Canadian, there is a fellow Canadian who made a documentary called The Boy Inside on the life of her AS son, focu... |
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