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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you attract controlling people? |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2018, 1:19 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 531
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| Staggeringly so. I really thought I would get better at spotting it but I seem to just keep messing up. The thing is, I never realise it's happening again until I am in way too deep. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Delays in getting a diagnosis in the UK |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2018, 1:13 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 774
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| I'm in Gloucestershire and it took 14 months to be assessed, then a further month to get the result back. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you concentrate when people are speaking next to you? |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2018, 1:10 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 529
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| No. I tend to use ear plugs, ear defenders or noise cancelling headphone....or a combination of those. |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Any women with hypermobility syndrome? |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2015, 9:44 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,722
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| I have HMS. As a child I was just known for being very flexible and being able to do 'party tricks' like pulling my shoulder in and out of socket which as a child was just amusing. However, now it's just very annoying and rather painful. I see a physiotherapist who I was referred to a couple of year... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Autistic females who did not get diagnosed in childhood |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2015, 9:33 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,840
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| To begin with I was very intense and precocious. However, as I got older I became more and more withdrawn. I was anxious, shy and at times volatile and angry. Being diagnosed in my mid twenties was the best thing that has ever happened to me, it explained everything but I wish so so much that I coul... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do clothing tags bother you? |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2014, 2:55 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,164
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| Many types of clothes tags drive me insane....I hate them. I am pretty sensitive to clothes in general. I can only wear certain fabrics and am really fussy over styles and cuts. Nothing to do with fashion, it's purely a sensory things but it does make clothes shopping a nightmare. I would love to bu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I'm embarrassed by my meltdowns |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2014, 3:10 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 687
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| I have very large, physical meltdowns and I am very embarrassed by them. I lose all control once they start, I nearly always lose my voice to a degree afterwards because I yell and scream so much. I run myself into walls, I hit myself, I throw things including crockery and bins. Being in public isn'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever scream into your pillow or hit yourself? |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2014, 2:37 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,039
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| Yes, especially when I have meltdowns. My meltdowns are big and very physical, I'm lucky because I live in a small organisation that helps people with complex difficulties and many of us are on the spectrum and have mental health problems with our ASD so they are very experienced with managing meltd... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Motion sickness |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 6:47 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,674
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| Joe90: That's interesting you say that. Can I ask which antidepressants you are on? I only ask since mine has certainly worsened in the last 5 years but I don't know if it's to do with the ones I am on or whether it's simply down to going in cars a lot less than I did when I lived at home. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Motion sickness |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 3:59 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,674
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| Does anyone else suffer from significant motion sickness? For me it's largely due to the sensory difficulties that I have which are highly problematic. How do other people manage it? I try hard to be in the front passenger seat in a car because that helps. Trains are alright as long as I am sitting ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What makes you cry? |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 3:55 am
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Replies: 126
Views: 7,077
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I normally cry at some point during a meltdown...I often find it very hard to cry when depressed and anxious even though I often really do need to.
Sadness sometimes does as does frustration and anger. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you clumsy? A klutz? A little uncoordinated? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 3:04 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,553
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| Hilariously, not long after posting on this thread, I promptly walked into my parents' sofa. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have a therapist? |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 3:03 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,309
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| I do have a therapist. The county I live in (in the UK) has no help for adults on the spectrum who do not have a learning disability, I also have complex mental health problems along side the AS and I have a severe and enduring eating disorder...so basically I am a mess of problems and was referred ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you clumsy? A klutz? A little uncoordinated? |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 2:53 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,553
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| Yes, I am. Embarrassingly so... my Dad isn't on the spectrum but would now be diagnosed as borderline dyspraxic we suspect, my sister (also not on the spectrum) was diagnosed at 4 as being dyslexic and was told that she was on the borderline of dyspraxia too so it's definitely in my family. My siste... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie humour! |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2014, 2:49 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,792
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| My sense of humour is pretty random, dead pan and fairly ridiculous at times. It tends to miss the mark a lot unless you know me or have a similar sense of humour. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Meltdowns getting really bad |
| Rattus |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2014, 1:41 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,291
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| The meltdowns have been getting far more frequent and far far worse. My meltdowns tend to be very physical and that's getting worse. I just feel myself getting more and more overwhelmed and I snap. Luckily I live in a 24hour supported home which I have an individual flat in that is designed for adul... |
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