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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Does social burnout ever improve? |
| NaturalProcess |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 6:26 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,386
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| As I've gotten older, my burnout has increased. I spend more and more of my energy just fitting into my job and maintaining my health that I have no energy to put up the mask that NTs expect/require beyond that. Also, in any social situation, my brain is processing way more than what a typical NT br... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Do you attract lots of haters? |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 7,374
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| I'm not sure if I've attracted outright hate, except when I was young. I've learned how to blend in very well, how to not offend, and stay off most people's radars. If I didn't do that, you bet I would get a lot of aggression my way. Granted, I also have trouble making friends in any capacity. The f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you relate more to animals than people? |
| NaturalProcess |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2014, 4:05 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,451
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| When I was young, I related to animals very well, and people not at all. I could usually get the attention of whatever animal was present and more or less keep it the entire time I was present. Now that I am older, I actually have trouble relating to either. I think as I got older, my emotional issu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How are you about taking showers? |
| NaturalProcess |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2014, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,945
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| I use to not like them when I was young, until I was being singled out for hygiene issues. I didn't know I was ASD back then, so I just begrudgingly put up with showering. Now I find them relaxing because they are very routine in sound and sensory experience, and I am not bothered by anyone or anyth... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you feel about people touching you? |
| NaturalProcess |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2014, 3:49 pm
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Replies: 65
Views: 6,561
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| I get startled when people touch me unexpectedly, even close friends and family. I have almost punched family before, out of reflexes. I must have some sensory issue, because when I am touched unexpectedly, the sensations I feel uncomfortable and are well beyond the area that was touched, and travel... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Unphased by Death |
| NaturalProcess |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2014, 3:23 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,268
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| I have read in one of Temple Grandin's books (The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships) that *some* ASD individuals simply lack the biology that would make them feel sad in your situation. The example she gives in the book is that some kids would "miss losing their computer more than their own mo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you think about the rise of Geek Culture? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2014, 6:53 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,259
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| I'm upset that it is trendy. I have gone to conventions and geek gatherings and met people who haven't the foggiest idea of what any of it is about, they simply wanted to be a part of what's in. The problem I have is that, as a person with ASD, the ratio of folks who I could relate to and get along ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I could be a happy aspie if only... |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2014, 6:41 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,655
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| It might sound cliche and untrue, but learning to not compare yourself to others and to not live up to other's (or society's) expectations will go a long way toward having happiness, or contentment, or a personally meaningful life. Humans (AS and NT alike) only need certain things to truly be happy.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your special interest? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2014, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,957
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| Music (usually heavily synthesized indie stuff produced in home studios) Cartoons/Animation (I've recently got into anime as well) Writing historically accurate interactive fiction Studying illustration (and recently got into web comics) Ancient history, timeline of the world and of culture/technolo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Had an overall positive experience growing up aspie? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2014, 6:00 pm
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Replies: 76
Views: 4,600
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B19 wrote: Absolutely not, apart from one great teacher for one school year. My experience was mostly miserable, abusive, isolated, lonely and memories of the bullies at home, school and other places are as clear now as then.
This sums it up pretty well. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you raised as an NT? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2014, 5:58 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,229
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| My parents had no awareness of ASD, so I was raised NT. They had very poor awareness to my differences. Even if they had known, there is still quite a commitment to learning how to raise a child with ASD, awareness is only the first of many steps. I have had to learn a lot on my own and endure quite... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social maturity |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 1:25 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,615
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| I've read a lot of people on here describing themselves as "socially immature" or "socially ret*d". Given that society has been created by and for the NTs and made largely of NTs, isn't it the case the ASDers are simply "socially different"? Now, it's one thing for NT society to label us having ASD... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you happy acting as NT? |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 1:14 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 6,723
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I'm not happy acting as an NT, because I am not an NT.
I would be miserable if the bulk of my life was 'NT emulation by an AS.'
My entire goal in life is to find the minimum amount of NT acting I have to do to get by. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My family doesn't support me |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 1:04 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Take a break but don't give up on doing stuff. You really should come up a career plan. nearest suggests you need to contribute something to society. You owe the world nothing. Don't do it for society. Don't do it because your parents tell you to. Do it for yourself. Do it for your own benefit. It ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social maturity |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 12:59 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,615
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| I've read a lot of people on here describing themselves as "socially immature" or "socially ret*d". Given that society has been created by and for the NTs and made largely of NTs, isn't it the case the ASDers are simply "socially different"? Now, it's one thing for NT society to label us having ASD... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Accepting Aspergers |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 12:50 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 917
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| How do you live?? In the way that works for you. Drop "what everyone expects their life will be." You don't HAVE TO marry, reproduce, or any of the rest of that. If you are careful, you can satisfy the sexual "need" (which should be dropping off soon for you anyway) with casual encounters. Just, yo... |
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