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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: running |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2007, 3:35 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,209
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| I started running a few years ago, mostly as a way to shed some weight. After awhile, I converted to trail-running, and now I do it for the therapy. Also, I'm running my first ultra-marathons this year. Awesome. SoccerFreak , runners high doesn't usually start to happen until the seven or eight mile... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: People Who Know They Are Right When They Are Wrong. |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 11:19 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,926
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| I've learned over the years that casual NT conversation is rarely about the subject matter itself. It's more about their need for social interaction and bonding. Agreeing with their assertions is a form of bonding. They find it reassuring - a way to keep their relationships intact. They often see a... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Arduous translation of thought into the spoken word |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2007, 10:15 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,061
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| I think my writing is nearly as bad as my speaking. My writing is usually conceptually dense but incoherent and usually seems to read like a string of non sequiturs. I think that something will make a logical argument, but the squence is all jumbed. So, my social problems aren't much better online t... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Being Alone |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2007, 4:50 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,529
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| If I could get my brain to quiet down, I'd probably enjoy lonliness a bit. I used to when I was younger, but all these years of constant chatter chatter chatter. Ugh. I got tired of hearing my interior monologue a long time ago. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Being Alone |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2007, 3:29 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,529
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| I always feel alone. I can be with one person or a room full of people and I still feel alone. I feel much lonlier around groups of people. I can always feel myself shutting down, but fighting it and trying to think through all of the different scenarios that might come up and what I might say. I'l... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: What's your obsession? |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2007, 12:52 pm
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Replies: 171
Views: 15,546
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| While I have a bunch of "normal" obsessions, for a couple of years I was obsessed with the line that separates the top of buildings and the sky. I talked about it a lot and tried to rationalize my fascination with other people. I find myself staring at them every now and then, but it was quite perva... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Do People Fear You? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2007, 1:10 pm
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Replies: 121
Views: 14,951
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| I'm universally feared, which always struck me as bizarre. People who get to know me learn that I'm pretty nice (despite being caustic) and I try really hard to be human. But invariably, I hear that I'm intimidating and make people uneasy. I've used this to my advantage quite a bit, but only with pe... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: When was the last time you had RL friend(s)? |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2007, 1:03 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,179
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| I have co-workers that migrate into the friend category for a short time. I get reminded by my SO that they constitute "friends" but it doesn't quite feel right. Still, I nod and agree. My SO is the only friend I've had in nearly a decade, so I'm thankful that she tolerates me. Prior to that, I had ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 5,749
Views: 1,159,994
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| And what I mean by my second to last point is that the "Asperger's is the new ADD" pressure that seems so pervasive on the web is really bogging me down. The mere fact that I've had to work exceedingly hard in order to become a moderately well-functioning member of society seems to evaporate when pe... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 1:18 pm
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Replies: 5,749
Views: 1,159,994
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| What is your first name? ... Age: 35 Location: Washington, DC Hobbies and Interests: Painting, trail running, cycling, quantitative data analysis, making the world a better place. Why are you here? Aspie. When were you diagnosed? (skip if you don't have a disorder): Self-diagnosis last year; don't w... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Wonder if I have Asperger's |
| Jake_Barnes |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 11:58 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,795
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| I tested into Mensa but never joined. I knew that there would be meetings, and the thought of potentially being in a roomful of gregarious smart people was too daunting, so I never pursued it. |
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