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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Interested in success stories with full spectrum CBD oil |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2024, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,180
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| Hi I’m interested in hearing from people on the spectrum specifically, who’ve found cbd oil helpful. I’m only 12 days in and started with a low dose and am hoping the drowsiness alleviates after a couple of weeks. I’m also hoping my anxiety improves after a while. I’ve read some really mixed things ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and Avoidant Personality Disorder |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 10 May 2021, 3:29 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 692
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| It's possible you have both. Or indeed Pathalogical Demand Avoidance. If you're worried this therapist is understating your autism due to personal bias then I'd recomend doing online ASD tests and taking the results with you. But I wouldn't rule out doing some APD and PDA tests as well. If you're s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and Avoidant Personality Disorder |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 09 May 2021, 9:10 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 692
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| I find both tick all the boxes for me but is it common to have both? One of my therapists brushed aside the possibility of my having Aspergers (after a psychologist disagnosed me) and said it’s in fact avoidant personality disorder. My current therapist seems dubious about my Aspergers too but her p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism: a hardware issue |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2020, 7:59 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 545
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| I would say autism is a brain hardware issue And anxiety/depression/ptsd etc are treated as software issues But when your mental health problems are so intrinsically linked to your autism, surely it takes more than conventional methods to fix them? The only thing that has helped me with any of my is... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Living Apart Together |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2020, 1:18 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 626
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| Has anyone adopted the LAT lifestyle with their partner to deal with ASD vs NT stuff? Seems like a viable way to control your own environment more but I know a lot of people would feel cautious about such an arrangement. I’m sensitive to noise and my NT partners main hobby is playing loud music and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why was it so hard for girls to get diagnosed? |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2018, 6:08 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,163
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| Well aside from the argument that girls are for some reason better at masking and blending in, to be honest I think it’s mostly sexism at fault. I would get infuriated a lot growing up when I constantly noticed the injustice of how I was treated differently to boys in my viscosity, siblings, classma... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What an Exhausting Act.... |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2018, 5:54 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 433
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| I think you should continue to delve into therapy in hopes you can come to terms peacefully with how to express your true self without feeling the need to hide or camouflage so much. Who cares what people think? If you’re not being cruel or abusive to other people, there’s no need to judge you. If p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Voice And Intonation |
| swashyrose |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2018, 5:46 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 336
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| I feel like this is a very common trait among asd people, I’ve read it at least a few times in descriptions and personally have this issue too. I have bipolar 2 as well so at times I burst out in affected theatrical voices and accents and sing, but if I’m being myself I’m so monotone and mumbled peo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't feel thirsty |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2018, 5:41 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 453
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| I have always had this issue! I never feel thirsty! Well, unless I’m really hot and tired and crave refreshment, but most days, if I didn’t need to take water with my meds, i probably wouldn’t think to have any water all day. I know it’s really not healthy and is probably why my skin looks so bad at... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What has helped you the most with facing life? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2018, 5:35 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,619
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| I’m exhausted from the everyday struggles in my life, social challenges, anxieties, overwhelm, stress, self loathing, sensitivity, generally failing to get it together at any point. I’ve had therapy, I’m on meds, I’ve read and listened to self help books, I’m starting to get cynical that things can’... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Summer weather is my kryptonite |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2018, 6:02 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 407
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| The humidity is the worst. I’m constantly exhausted and my limbs get heavy and aches, I can hardly sleep. My coping ability for anything goes down dramatically when I’m too hot or if it’s too humid. I feel so so stressed and trapped, even with air conditioning I can feel the humidity seeping into my... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Having to socialise in a relationship x/ |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2018, 5:35 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 416
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| Thanks guys these posts are really helpful, I find it hard to put my struggles into words especially because he is so intelligent, his arguments often sound very rational compared to my explanations. I will try to find a good way to explain though. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Having to socialise in a relationship x/ |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2018, 12:42 am
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Replies: 7
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| I’ve been in my first relationship two years now, we’ve lived together most of that time and got engaged a few months ago. He’s an intelligent person with a hypothetical understanding of Aspergers/asd but like everyone else in my life, he’s fallen into the trope of expecting me to just ‘push through... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: overwhelming frustration |
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Posted: 04 May 2017, 8:38 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 570
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| You're going to school and fighting with your parents? I don't know your age or sex but either way it seems immediately likely to me (if you at least 13 years old) that your hormones have something to do with it! Find music or games to vent with, you can't always be patient with people..but if can b... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Struggling to Practice CBT |
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Posted: 04 May 2017, 8:31 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Hey I just wanna say I really feel your frustration! I've been tossed around the mental health system and seem numerous people, even recently, who seem to understand when I explain my very difficult brain to them, but they always end up trying to sell me the miracle solution of CBT. At this point I ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Freaking out and desperate for help |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2017, 9:39 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 462
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| I had a horrible breakdown in 2012 and gradually recovered from then til now. 2016 I even started my first relationship and moved in with him. My mental health has been pretty manageable til now but the for over a week now I'm in a weird unpleasant mental state which sucks bad because I thought I wa... |
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