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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What do you consider to be true romantic love? |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2013, 12:45 am
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Replies: 33
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| I have never felt romantic love so I cannot say for sure, but I voted #2. Love doesn't exist in a vacuum. If I become attached to someone, that attachment has some reason to it other than love. Now, if that attachment leads to love, and if that love leads to closer attachment, and creates a sort of ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Social Cues - What kind of interest does this indicate? |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 9:52 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,350
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Turns out she already has a boyfriend, but it lists her as single on facebook. Like, seriously, people don't make any sense to me.  |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Do you ever feel like a bit of a throwback? |
| Philosoraptor |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 9:01 pm
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Replies: 9
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| I can relate with you there, although I'm a mishmash of many different throwbacks, but most relate to mid 20th century America and Europe with intellectual overtones from the 18th and 19th centuries. Last week, I listened to the following kinds of music: '50s surf rock, '40s and '90s swing, '50s and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Overcoming" Aspergers? - Change in diagnosis |
| Philosoraptor |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 8:14 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Well, I'm looking into several for myself. I, like you, have little trouble with structured conversations. I am ok at small talk -- though a little disadvantaged because I'm sometimes unfamiliar with what other people are talking about, though this is less of a problem than formerly. But quite awfu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is hypocricy related to aspergers or something else? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 5:23 pm
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Replies: 13
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| I would bank on it being causally unrelated. Some of the biggest hypocrites I know are quintessential NT's. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Would you rather date a aspie or NT? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 5:19 pm
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Replies: 55
Views: 10,336
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| Do you guys think it is easier for a AS boy to get an NT girl than it is for an AS girl to get an NT boy? I think it would probably be equally difficult. From reading this forum, it seems like this is a trend: AS boys have difficulty in the initiation phase; NT girls rarely seek out boys as the gen... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Overcoming" Aspergers? - Change in diagnosis |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 5:03 pm
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Replies: 16
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| If you have good social skills but are still dysfunctional when it comes to friendships and relationships, I'm surprised they or you didn't look into personality disorders. There are lots of NT's with personality disorders who struggle socially, why was this not considered in your case? Well, I wou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The perfect job for your interests? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,300
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| Research professor in cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, or computer systems architecture, or history. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you feel younger than your peers |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 4:37 pm
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Replies: 67
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| It's funny. In some ways, I feel younger. I'd rather play video games, watch TV shows, and engage in immature Internet humor than do typical 21 year old activities (get drunk, hook up, and enjoy the resulting confusion and hangover; rinse and repeat). On the other hand, I feel older in a lot of ways... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Overcoming" Aspergers? - Change in diagnosis |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 2:50 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Neurotypicals believe life is/should be about survival/existence. Autistics believe life is/should be about something other than survival/existence. That seems possible, though if what you say later is right it's possible I have never actually experienced either of those perspectives. I find life t... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Sheldon Cooper. Aspie, or offensive parody? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 1:31 pm
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Replies: 233
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uwmonkdm wrote: The first time my mom saw the show she said "You're just like that guy!" sigh. thanks mom.. 
Welcome to my world.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What kind of thinker are YOU? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 1:28 pm
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Replies: 120
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| An old topic and an old test, but I couldn't pass it up. I find multiple intelligence theory very interesting. You are an Interpersonal Thinker Interpersonal thinkers: Like to think about other people, and try to understand them Recognise differences between individuals and appreciate that different... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Would you rather date a aspie or NT? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 1:08 pm
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| Depends. I'm beginning to realize the best connections are where common ground exists (to catalyze the connection) but also where one's strengths and weaknesses complements the other's strengths and weaknesses (to secure that connection). I'm sort of on the Aspie-NT line so I could probably secure c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My Theory of Asperger's and it's Root Cause |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2013, 12:16 pm
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Replies: 58
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| I think it's an interesting idea. It has been brought up before, but there are instances of people who have surgically cut the corpus callosum to prevent epileptic seizures and the resulting side effects do not result in autistic psychological qualities. http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/guide/corpus-ca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Overcoming" Aspergers? - Change in diagnosis |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2013, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Is there anyone here who was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome but then lost the diagnosis due to losing some of the DSM IV criteria? I just met with a psychologist who downgraded my current diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome to Anxiety Disorder NOS because I have been able to overcome many of the ob... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Which area of IT am I best suited for? |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2013, 11:16 pm
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Replies: 15
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| My experience I would say if little previous experience, QA analyst. You are given tasks and you complete them. Simple. You will more than likely excel as you probably have attention to detail. Once you move over to analyst or business analyst or anything similar, it gets very rought dealing with b... |
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