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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, I'm new |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 9:29 am
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Welcome Alex!! !  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Swallowing your innate "pride" |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 9:25 am
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Replies: 6
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| Having an AS-brain, what motivates me is my survival and the survival of those I care about. I do not consider anyone to be above or below me, everyone has as much a right to survive. This puts the individual in focus. That is not how NTs look at it. For them, the group is in focus. What matters is... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Melbourne, Australia: Monthly Meet-ups (18+) |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 8:39 am
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Replies: 245
Views: 41,239
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| I'd be interested in joining a Melbourne AS meetup |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: One friend at a time meetup network? |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 8:30 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 413
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| Oh by the way I'm in Melbourne, Australia, 35, female, enjoys meeting, talking to and hanging out with other Aspies. I'd really like to make a female friend or two around my age who are also AS, especially if like to get out and about and do stuff like watch movies and hang out at art galleries. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: One friend at a time meetup network? |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 8:17 am
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Replies: 2
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| Small groups are cool but I actually feel more comfortable hanging out with one or two friends at a time. Would it be possible to organize some kind of AS friendship network where we meet up with one or two new friends at a time, organized on an ad hoc basis? I mean instead of trying to organize a b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hello Fellow Aspies of Wrong Planet... I soooo missed you!! ! |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 7:23 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 536
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qawer wrote: Yes, surely - and we are your people  Among us you are no longer a lone cat!
YAY!! !! qawer thanks for replying to my post!! !! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hello Fellow Aspies of Wrong Planet... I soooo missed you!! ! |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 6:54 am
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Replies: 3
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I haven't visited Wrong Planet for ages and just want to say I missed you.
When I think of other Aspies generally I get this warm fuzzy feeling, like you're My People. Does anyone else feel this way? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Life of Doubt is a Bad Habit |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2013, 12:58 am
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Replies: 10
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You write like I used to write when I was 18. Hello Aspie!  |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: what wrong with no confidence men |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2013, 12:54 am
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Replies: 47
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| From my experience (I'm 34), often men - people generally - who lack confidence or have low self esteem end up doing things that hurt people in their lives. Insecurity and weakness can actually result in behaviours that hurt others. For example, lying, betrayal, aggressive or passive-aggressive beha... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Being Specific |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2012, 2:54 am
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Replies: 2
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| If you think about it, the advice to "be fussy but realistic" is totally vague and meaningless. It doesn't actually tell you what constitutes "fussy" and what constitutes "realistic". |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Research and writing at postgraduate level |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2012, 2:46 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,495
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| That sounds a bit like me. I did a psychology (and other social sciences) degree in Sydney, and then worked for a Commonwealth government department, where we were using lots of ABS statistics. I worked in the research branch and we would get the monthly ABS stats and analyse them and write briefin... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Research and writing at postgraduate level |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2012, 2:42 am
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Replies: 29
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| Yes, I can relate to that. I spent over 15 years as an undergrad or postgrad university student, but only have enough completed degrees to account for less than half of that. I kept having to drop out for reasons that I now know were tied to my AS diagnosis. I have poor executive function skills - ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Constant fear of having offended people |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2012, 2:25 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 11,751
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| I used to worry about this constantly as I never knew when I may have been offensive by being truthful. Now, I usually catch it right after I say something and then explain myself to the other party. Thanks for your reply. I find that I offend not just by being truthful, but also by not saying the ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Research and writing at postgraduate level |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2012, 2:04 am
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Replies: 29
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| I studied psychology, and then worked for our national statistical agency. The branch I was in wanted generalists, not specialists, so I had to do a lot of things I felt really uncomfortable with. I transferred to a department that was more "specialist orientated", but had to do a lot of research a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Constant fear of having offended people |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2012, 1:50 am
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Replies: 38
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| Do you have a constant fear of offending people? I am constantly worried about having caused offence to someone. I don't think it's an irrational fear, because in the past I have offended people without meaning to and without knowing how I did it, and their unexpected negative responses have given m... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Research and writing at postgraduate level |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2012, 1:36 am
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Replies: 29
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| I'd say keep struggling, if you can. I think you may as well attempt the PhD. I kind of wish I had. What would be your other option? You may have the same issues in employment, like I did, so if you don't stick with academics you would need to choose your job wisely anyway. I think I probably will ... |
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