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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Do you wish social rules were like cartoons? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2013, 3:14 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I see what you mean. In cartoons, emotional expressions are usually both exaggerated and simplified by animation. That makes everything easier to read. Plus, the dialogue is all scripted, so that it flows better than dialogue in real life. This is pretty exactly what I was going to say. In a cartoo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stereotypical jobs for autistics... statistics or fiction? |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2013, 5:39 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I'm actually going to school relatively soon for either product design or architecture. When I was younger (starting at the age of 6 or 7) I used to draw really intricate floor plans and stuff. I never gave up that interest but I don't think it's going to be my major because from what I've heard, if... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ritalin decision |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2013, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 30
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| When I was younger I bounced back and forth from Ritalin, Strattera, Vyvanse and a few others (sorry if I got the spelling wrong). Most of these are the same class of drug I believe, but one thing you might want to look out for is that, in me at least, as soon as the drugs wore off I was in a major... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Any teenagers who still hand flap? |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 11:14 pm
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Replies: 134
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| I teeth grind more than I hand flap. But yeah... I teeth grind when I'm worried, hear loud noises or have a bad day, and sometimes when I disassociate. I hand flap when I'm really really excited and sometimes I walk on my toes too but I have to be VERY VERY VERY excited. I don't know if what I do w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ritalin decision |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 10:33 pm
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Replies: 30
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| When I was younger I bounced back and forth from Ritalin, Strattera, Vyvanse and a few others (sorry if I got the spelling wrong). Most of these are the same class of drug I believe, but one thing you might want to look out for is that, in me at least, as soon as the drugs wore off I was in a major ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is this? |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 10:23 pm
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Replies: 13
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| I understand. If it were me, and Zed or Molly (not sure who is representative of who) meant a lot to me, I would approach the whole situation with some hesitance. Not draw any conclusions on what their intentions are because from where I stand they seem like they could be anything. If they know that... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is this? |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 8:24 pm
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| Can I ask if this is coming from a personal situation you've been in or would that be too up front? If it is, that would probably clear some things up. Personally, I base how I think someone feels about something using context from how they usually react to things. Right now without any info on Zed ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mild Asperger's and shutdowns |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 10:17 am
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Replies: 24
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| I can only think of a few times where I've had a full fledged meltdown, and that was the worst. I don't actually remember what was happening exactly to cause it other than that it was another sleepless night during a week of insane stress. I got out of bed and the room was spinning. The rest of the ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How to seek official diagnosis? |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 9:58 am
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Replies: 2
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| I don't really ever plan on joining the military. If anything a dx might be a plus in case they decide to start a draft. Are there any other careers where I would be barred from entering? I know there's still a lot of social stigma attached to being labeled autistic, so I would probably not tell peo... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How to seek official diagnosis? |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 8:13 pm
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| I'm still slightly on the fence about my self diagnosis, there are small events that happen that will make me question it, but mostly I think I have it. I'm going to be leaving high school soon, and I've gotten this far without any help for AS (although I did receive treatment for ADHD and that does... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is this? |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 6:51 pm
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Summer_Twilight wrote: I really do too. In the mean time, I find that this behavior is rather confusing to Molly at any rate.
I would have to agree. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Turning off your brain in social situations? |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 11:07 pm
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Replies: 11
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| It's not that NTs turn their brains off. Rather, social functioning mostly becomes the domain of the subconscious (what some call the adaptive ubconscious). For most NTs, the "rules" of social interaction become ingrained at an early age. Conscious thoughts are thus free to engage the content of a ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is this? |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 10:57 pm
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| Hmmm...maybe you are right. Still, I don't understand why Zed would need to sit next to Molly at all if they would not be ready for the relationship. In a way, I feel that it is rather misgiving and a way of playing games. I see what you mean. I think Zed is sitting next to Molly to say "I still wa... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is this? |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 10:28 am
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| I thought about Zed's behavior last night after I went to bed and I hope I am now answering my own question. Part of me here feels that Zed would be seeming to play a mind game with Molly that they can sit as close as they can to them but still can't have the courtesy to talk to them. (I want you t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Head gets itchy when I get tired |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 1:37 am
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Replies: 8
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| I think a possible stim of mine is just scratching my head for a good whole minute. I usually only do it when I get really stressed out. Didn't even think this might be related to AS until now tbh. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Post sad depressing music here. |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 1:25 am
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Replies: 25
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| Roll On - by Dntel (Perfect music to listen to while aimlessly driving around in the rain) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MTOKhu4aOg The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - by The Postal Service (I was going to put Natural Anthem down but that would just be cruel) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FqmJy8... |
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