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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: not aware of how the world functions |
| devochka |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2019, 7:30 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Hi, I don't know if I have asked this question before. I recall posting that I "live in my own world." However, I also don't know how the world functions (possibly because I live in my own world), so I have a hard time running my own life. Does anyone else have this problem? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: feeling invisible |
| devochka |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2017, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 454
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| I am good friends with two of my coworkers and talk to them a lot, and we even go out for dinner sometimes. Today, they are talking to each other and I am feeling invisible. The other day, one of them also asked me how I am because she hadn't seen me all day. I told her I was at my desk all day, and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: managing expectations |
| devochka |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 3:59 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 278
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| I just posted something and discovered that the question was explored in another thread, so I kind of got my answer. This is a bit more complicated. My previous therapist said that I had to learn to "manage expectations." In other words, I expect more from people than they can give. I will... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Misunderstanding people / them misunderstanding you |
| devochka |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 3:16 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,487
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| Wow, I just posted something related to this. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Misunderstanding |
| devochka |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 3:12 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 345
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| So this happened: my therapist and I are frustrated with each other and I want to find someone new. My therapist asked me if she could help. I said "no." Five minutes later, she gave me a phone number for a referral service for therapists. What I understood is that I could call this number... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Slow mental processing |
| devochka |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2015, 10:40 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,839
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| I have had slow mental processing all my life. It might be due to OCD or to a lack of self-confidence or to something else. I just know that I've always had it. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Is it abnormal to have friends a lot younger than you? |
| devochka |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 5:32 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I read somewhere that Aspie women tend to have either friends who are a lot younger or a lot older. The older ones sort of act as a guide in life. The younger ones are there, I think, because there is a tendency for Aspies to act younger than their age. I have learned to think that there is nothing ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Levels of friendship? Expecting more than the other person? |
| devochka |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 5:27 pm
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Replies: 4
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| JerryM, what do you mean by keeping up appearances? Whom are the appearances for? Why do you need to keep up appearances in this case? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: expectations |
| devochka |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2014, 10:52 am
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Replies: 4
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| I have an issue I can't find anywhere on the internet. My expectations of people and situations are typically the opposite of what really wounds up happening. I will give a couple of examples. I am currently a part of a group of people that belongs to an "agency" that deals specifically with creatin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: being clueless |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2014, 10:55 am
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Replies: 5
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| I went to a 4th of July party yesterday and was talking to this one guy about what he does for a living. He said he does compliance in a bank and one of the companies he is working for is a law firm. I have an issue that there are a lot of things I don't know about the world around me. I learned sev... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Attraction/Love |
| devochka |
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Posted: 14 May 2014, 6:53 pm
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Replies: 10
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TallyMan wrote: (Thread moved from Autism discussion to L&D)
How do I get to L&D? (What is it?) |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Attraction/Love |
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Posted: 13 May 2014, 9:02 pm
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Replies: 10
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1401b wrote: Nope, this is normal for humans.
Very, very normal. Kind of disturbingly so.
So how do people get beyond that and actually get into relationships/get married? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Attraction/Love |
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Posted: 13 May 2014, 8:32 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Is it an Aspie thing to constantly be romantically attracted to people who have no interest in you and not be attracted to people who show interest in you? I know this is something that happens to everyone, but, eventually, people solve this issue. I feel like I am going in circles. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Don't know what to call this |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 4:11 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,088
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| Are you still depressed when you're not as isolated? Isolation makes lots of people depressed. Interaction with other people seems to be crucial for happiness for most people. I think I get what you're saying, it makes perfect sense to me. If no one notices who I am or what I am, then I feel pointl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Don't know what to call this |
| devochka |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 3:31 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,088
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| How do people reply by using the "quote" link? I've been trying to by clicking on it and logging in, and then I get a message that no post was specified. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Don't know what to call this |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2014, 1:18 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,088
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| I've been depressed since 2007, for one reason or another. Right now, I find myself isolated. I've been told that I have to learn to love myself. That sounds like a correct analysis of one of my issues. I cannot get up in the morning because my thought is that I have to drag myself through the day. ... |
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