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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how well are you adjusted? |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 10:05 am
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Replies: 16
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billiscool wrote: for a learning disable,moderate autism man,I do ok.
but people like me,for some reason.
Moderate Autism Man is my favourite super hero. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Personality Test are fun |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2013, 12:56 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Paranoid: High Schizoid: Moderate Schizotypal: High Antisocial: Moderate Borderline: Very High Histrionic: High Narcissistic: High Avoidant: Very High Dependent: Moderate Obsessive-Compulsive: High Somehow I am "highly" narcissistic despite answering every question about being a self-hating sad sack... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and poker! |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2013, 10:44 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,700
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| I think maybe by "read people" he means notice patterns in their behaviour. If certain behaviours accompany certain playing styles, and you pick up on those patterns, you can read people well as far as poker goes. I'm pretty good at poker, but it's mostly because (a) I have a natural poker face and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What Bores You? |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2013, 10:40 am
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Replies: 40
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| People who have to insert themselves into a debate but don't know how to debate. I enjoy a good discussion of politics or philosophy, but get so tired of the same old straw men and ad hominems. Boy, have you got that right. It's pretty simple to debate well. The rules of a simple and productive dis... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Just one rejection to many |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 9:41 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 595
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From Philip Roth's "This Be the Verse":
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
and don't have any kids yourself. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What Bores You? |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 9:29 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,365
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Aprilviolets wrote: Things that bore me are.
People who talk about sport all the time:
People who brag about all their nephews and nieces when they know I lost my two nephews:
I hope this doesn't bore you, but I want to smooch your avatar-cat on the top of it's head. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What Bores You? |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 8:53 pm
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Replies: 40
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Woah. Videos of animals playing bore you? The only thing boring about them is that the person filming ALWAYS feels a need to talk over the adorable cute sugabears being adorable cute sugarbears.
1. Most people
2. Most things |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Irritating happy facebook people |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 7:54 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Reality sux. Aspies have too much reality. Reality is hard to change. Reality is easy to ignore. (apparently) Non-happy happy joy joy stuff is probably reality. No wonder those who can , will chose to ignore it as much as possible and socially punish/avoid those who break their 'suspension of disbe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: problem understanding instructions, directions? |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 7:26 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,625
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| Just a daily aspie example of sensory overload. Whether it's ambient background noise that suddenly seems amplified to the point that the brain focuses on the ' roaring silence ' and misses everything else, or whether it's being overwhelmed by one's own sudden sense of self-consciousness to the lev... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How can I reduce/stop a special interest? |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 7:03 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,683
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| I have had this specific special interest for about 2 months now and its getting the point where I cannot concentrate on anything else other than this one interest, I am not sleeping much either and I have no motivation to do anything else but think and do things connected to the special interest, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: F00dz |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 3:16 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,748
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| I basically hate trying new things, but I don't have the food issues some do. That said, I do eat the same meal for breakfast and typically the same meal for dinner every day (only eating two meals a day). Often autistic people have food issues, particularly with texture. I have a few of these but t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eyes |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 12:49 pm
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Replies: 74
Views: 6,657
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| My husband laughed when he saw what I posted. Then he told me that yes, eyes communicate everything. When his little patients walk in the door, he checks out their eyes to see what they are thinking. Children can't always say what they are feeling, but the eyes will always express the feelings. Is ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eyes |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 12:48 pm
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Replies: 74
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| Hi OctoberTiger - that's a great point about it being a replacement for internal monologue. Hehe I know not many really make money, but I can dream, can't I? :D I've read a few so far and I'm really a little freaked out about this whole trend of women being submissive prostitutes to "powerful" men.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eyes |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 12:46 pm
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Replies: 74
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| Hi OctoberTiger - that's a great point about it being a replacement for internal monologue. Hehe I know not many really make money, but I can dream, can't I? :D I've read a few so far and I'm really a little freaked out about this whole trend of women being submissive prostitutes to "powerful" men.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: staring at nothing. |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 12:16 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,994
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| All the time. I'm fond of staring at a particular four way intersection of tiles on the floor of one my classrooms at school. Or, if I want some excitement, I'll stare at this weird sort of wall fixture next to the electrical outlets. It's got two green squares and a yellow square which, if I'm not ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: do you look different than your peers |
| andrewlavigne |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 12:10 pm
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Replies: 51
Views: 5,829
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| There's a study out there about this actually. I forget the authors or the year or anything like that, but I know there's a thread about it on WP somewhere. There are traits that are more common in autistic people than in others, things like wayward whorls of hair and a particular type of ear. It's ... |
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