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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pulling grass |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2013, 10:06 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 5,346
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| There's nothing wrong with enjoying grass. That's the very purpose of grass lawns. Why do you think people have put so much effort into technologies to maintain lawns? The problem today is that people no longer view grass the way people used to. It used to be a luxury and status symbol. It used to b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sleep Paralysis? |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2013, 10:26 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 16,364
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| I've never heard of sleep paralysis before, but now I'm a little freaked out. I've often had dreams/nightmares that were exactly like the descriptions of sleep paralysis. I always assumed these were just dreams about trying to wake up and not being able to move. There is always that sense of somethi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You Think You're Stimming? |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 10:20 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 6,370
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| I have to admit that I do not understand what stimming is. But I also suspect most people don’t truly know either. I am constantly questioning everything about it. The reason I keep questioning it is because what the movements look like in their final form tells me nothing about the cause, the sensa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: School gives AS girl razor deliberately to self-harm |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2013, 5:01 pm
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Replies: 103
Views: 7,976
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| Look beyond what journalistic sensationalism wants you to think. I don't think the article is sensational. It is pretty straightforward descriptive with minimal editorializing. Unless you mean to say that the article shouldn't have been published at all, which is debatable. I found it interesting a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: School gives AS girl razor deliberately to self-harm |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2013, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 103
Views: 7,976
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| Look beyond what journalistic sensationalism wants you to think. I view those who facilitated the method as trying to do something helpful for the girl and probably the mother too. Those who became shocked and wanted it stopped are more likely worried about their own image or that of the school rath... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: i was stimming and i didnt even know it |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2013, 10:38 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,402
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| Until fairly recently, I was aware that I tended to bounce my leg and fidgeted a bit... but I didn't think of it as stimming, and didn't realize how many more things I do. When I started looking into things more, I realized I stim by: - bouncing my leg .... I just noticed that the first thing on yo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pain, on a scale from 0 - 10 |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 8:59 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,471
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| I hate going to doctors and descriptions of pain is at the top of my list of why I hate going to see them. Sometimes I wish I could punch a doctor in the face and ask them to rate the pain so I can get an idea of what they consider pain to be because to me pain is like describing what the color gree... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Easy/Healthy recipe suggestions |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 4:24 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,326
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| Salad I invented for myself with whatever I happened to have handy: Mixed Spring Greens Half a sliced apple (crispier the variety the better: Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Nicolo); leave skin on. Banana slices (entire banana (not including skin); less ripe is better than too ripe) Sprinkle on some nuts (sl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Hunter Gatherer societies |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 9:43 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,294
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| As a kid I was often on the water, I fished, I made shelters in brushed areas for forts, I made tools, I loved archery, and love being in the wilderness. Recently I’ve had the idea in my head of taking up archery again with compound bows and also rock climbing. Some day I would like a secluded cabin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have any of you been to counseling as an adult? |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 10:06 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,684
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| I have been sent to therapists many times; the first time happened when I had a suicide attempt back in college. That was against my will. I usually quit as soon as I can because they are so out of touch, it's ridiculous. They expect you to talk about your feelings, but I really can't. It's easier ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being asked how you are |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 12:48 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 6,345
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| I hate this question. Them: "How are you?" Me: "Good, and you?" I was trained by a neighbour like a puppy when I was young, being rewarded pop and snacks if I said the right thing. :) It's an automatic response and I cannot shut it off unless I really put effort into it. It doesn't matter if I'm goo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how did you get diagnosed or if your not, when did you know? |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 9:04 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,584
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| After looking back on the couple pages I wrote answering this: I'll summarize. :lol: - I was blissfully ignorant and happy about life until about 30. - Then I almost died and I starting thinking about my life and past more than I should have. - I started becoming increasingly lonely and depressed. -... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Heat and Humidity |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 9:57 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 7,532
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| I'm probably hyposensitive to temperture extremes. The only times I really dislike colder and warmer extremes is if they are bothering my throat and lungs, otherwise the rest of my body doesn't care. For years in the summers my parents would install air conditioners in the house. They always would k... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Loving others |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2013, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 4,775
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| Some animals including humans will love their children or mate enough that in a life or death situation they will die protecting their loved ones rather than do nothing or escape to save their own skin. If you choose to die for your children or mate...it's likely you ultimately do it because you wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Loving others |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2013, 2:38 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 4,775
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| There is more to love than the OP seems to think. I have not experienced true love but I know it exists even in nature. Some animals including humans will love their children or mate enough that in a life or death situation they will die protecting their loved ones rather than do nothing or escape t... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Aphorisms, Zen Koans, Words of Wisdom? |
| JeepGuy |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 1:39 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,213
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"γνῶθι σ<ε>αυτόν" 'Know thyself.'
This was an Ancient Greek aphorism inscribed somewhere in the entrance area of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi according to Pausanias (Plato also mentions it). |
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