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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you react to the death of someone close to you? |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 5:07 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,388
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| OMG im not the only one!! hahaha and here i thought i might be weird :P When i was a kidlet I was absolutely gutted if any of my pets died, but yer I really dont have the same attachment to humans. More then anything I am upset that people i care about are upset about the person who died. i.e. i'd b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Preoccupation with details" |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 4:15 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,749
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| The example I can give you would be I will be in the middle of an intense conversation with my husband and I will look past him at the bookshelf and the books are not perfectly lined up (according to me). So the conversation stops while I get up, walk over to the bookshelf and straighten the books. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Searching for your People Niche |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 4:11 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 731
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| Hahaha i do tend to find that I do not fit in with any 'entire' group! I do, however, find that I will fit nicely with one person in every group :P Consequently none of my friends know each other cause I have one from school, one from uni, one form work, one from my sport, one from church etc etc :P... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you dislike and like about yourself? |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 3:54 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,882
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| wow guys dont be so hard on yourselves! What i like about myself: - i'm smart - i'm not bad to stare at ;) - i'm playful - i'm funny - and by funny many have also called it brutally honest which can be the totally unexpected, inappropriate comment :P But truely, if you google funny stuff now a days ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone relate to this? |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 3:44 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,882
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| I know what you're talking about! :P Dont get me wrong, I dont think I'm as sensitive as you, but I do feel like I cant breathe very well in heat! And I do feel quite lethargic in heat. And also on top of this though I can also get the same way with stagnant air - I feel like I ant breath in i'v bee... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are Autistics Healthier and Do They Survive Longer? |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 3:41 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,816
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| To be truely honest with you, most people slowly kill themselves with their beliefs about getting old, having a cold, having cancer, having (fill in the blank). Did you know most cancer patients (or any patient for that matter) will all of a sudden get much sicker the moment they hear the diagnosis?... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fighting autism...? |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 1:46 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,429
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| One thing I really hate about "diagnosing" people and giving them a label, regardless of what that label may be - is they only ever tell you what you're bad at and what you can't do compared with "normal" people. And I think that is total BS! That is a sure fire way to give people low self esteem an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: son of woman I know just diagnosed with AS |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 1:23 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 720
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| if she has only just found out, and if u have only just met her she may not feel comfortable discussing it yet, with anyone, let alone a stranger. Not to mention being on the phone to a stranger can be intimidating. Perhaps email is the way to go. And dont push then topic, just offer to aide her und... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Apergian females are normal? |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 1:19 am
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Replies: 158
Views: 13,638
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| See the big problem with most 'labels' such as aspy, adhd etc is they mainly list the male symptoms, cause for the most part it is mostly males that have these disorders. The problem is when you mix testosterone with these 'disorders' you get a very different result then when u mix estrogen with the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't know what's happening... |
| scaffelpike |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 1:07 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,573
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| Could be totally hormonal. Ur profile says your male, so I wont go the PMS path :P but then it has been said that males also can experience monthly hormonal spikes. As a female I never used to get PMS symptoms, but when it came to uni I did used to get a monthly feeling of being totally overwhelmed ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Relationship where one person has ADHD, other has AS |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 1:02 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 994
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| U wanna talk real confusing - I'm an Aspy with ADHD ;) hahaha does that count?? :P To be totally honest with you - it really doesn't sound like u guys should be dating. And honestly I can't believe your Aspy partner hasn't worked that out already. Not that anything is wrong with you at all, I'm sure... |
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