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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Reasons why you don't like eye contact |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 02 Jul 2015, 6:11 pm
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Replies: 116
Views: 26,668
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| I can't seem to keep track of what people are saying, I can listen better if I'm looking away from them, if I make eye contact my mind just wanders off its like a go into some sort of scary trance |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Socialising |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 25 Jun 2015, 7:08 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 634
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| Every time I try so hard to listen and take it in I'm sitting here just now and I can't remember I word of the conversation at all that I had today with my work mate and I know I replied and took part in the conversation but it's gone! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Socialising |
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Posted: 25 Jun 2015, 6:56 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 634
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| I was doing my usual stressing about every interaction I've had today and just thought to myself if I speak to someone and ask them how they are, I can't take any of it in at all, I'm not sure what happens but I seem to switch off if people are making eye contact with me! But if I'm listening to som... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: 5 year old son Talking about killing |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 11,992
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| Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply, I think the lead up to Christmas is a very stressful time for my son and myself and my partner have also been working a lot of overtime the last few months so I think these 3 things together have lead to his behaviour deteriorating in school, although I ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: 5 year old son Talking about killing |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2014, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 11,992
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| my 5 year old son is having a really hard time at the moment I'm not sure if it is the lead up to Christmas in school that has made him take a turn for the worse but a lot of the stuff he is saying and doing are very mean and nasty. He keeps saying he is going to kill people he has threatened to kil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone make everything about them |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 4:09 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 398
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| Find this one hard to explain but as I lie in bed every night going over in my head the days conversations that I've had or even ones I've just over heard my colleagues have I start feeling paranoid that they were all about me and I even start to make it all fit and believe it and start to get reall... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you clumsy? A klutz? A little uncoordinated? |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,613
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| I am uncoordinated. I cannot walk in a straight line. Sometimes, I struggle to distinguish left from right and right from left etc. Physically writing is difficult for me as it requires intense concentration to get the movements correct. Typing my notes in class is much easier for me so I always ca... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: 5 year old son diagnosed today |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 6:17 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 997
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| Thanks everyone for your replies, one if the things they focused on was that I had mentioned that although my son who is a boy/girl twin spoke within the normal development range it was only to me and his dad, grandparents aunties etc did not think he could speak until later just because he never di... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: 5 year old son diagnosed today |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 997
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| Hi my 5 year old son was diagnosed today with autism but they did say he is high functioning, sitting here feeling a bit shell shocked at the moment. We live in the west of scotland the therapists said they have strict guidelines to stick to and due to the fact my son showed signs before he was 3 th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: time out room |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2014, 8:26 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,361
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| The school has shown me the room it is good size with nothing in it and a window in the door and someone will be watching him the whole time he is in there, they have said it will be a last resort but at the moment as he ends up being removed from the class and getting one to one attention in a nice... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: time out room |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 8:11 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,361
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| Hi I'm looking for help again and whenever I need it I always turn to this forum, My 5 year old boys school is asking if they can use a time-out room to control his behaviour which is sometimes violent towards the staff and other pupils, he only started the school in August 2013 and from day one he ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Meeting with child psychologist |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 5:48 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 548
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| Hi was looking for some advise or first hand experience, I have been asked into my sons school tomorrow as their child psychologist will be in, I have not been given anymore infomation of what this will entail, my son is 5 and he has had several behavioural issues in the school since starting in Aug... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Christmas party disaster |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2014, 3:31 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,065
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| Oh god I'm still having anxiety over this! I go back to work tomorrow and I just can't bare the thought I've hardly slept for a fortnight with stress, I've had a few dreams about the night out now and I can't tell if I'm remembering something I dreamt or if it really happened now, think I might be g... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do I have aspergers or just want to have it? |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2014, 4:58 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,486
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| I feel like I'm using this forum as therapy, when I typed that last night it was 3am in the morning and I had to get up at 7 for my kids first day back at school my mind as ever had been going over and over the same anxieties but as soon as I typed my post a fell asleep instantly, it was if it was o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do I have aspergers or just want to have it? |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 10:14 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,486
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| I have been at my parents a lot over the holidays and I've been feeling down over the Christmas period and have been stressing over silly things and getting upset and out of nowhere my whole family it felt like started attacking me and saying I'm being ridiculous with the whole aspergers thing, they... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel like an alien |
| bookworm37 |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013, 4:08 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,437
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| I've only just started feeling like this recently after not feeling it for quite a few years. I think it might be due to me starting a new job and being around new people. I do like the people who I work with and I know they're ok with me, but I feel really exposed. I'm not anxious or anything like... |
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