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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: body dysmorphia is severe, how to explain it? |
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Posted: 30 May 2017, 8:54 am
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| hi guys sorry about the post, i just really need some advice if anyone is kind enough to take the time or has been in the same boat. i'm diagnosed with ASD but on that front things are pretty well managed.. i know what kind of stuff i struggle with and am able to cope on the whole if those buttons a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How Aspies must look |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2015, 8:14 am
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Replies: 52
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| i have the death stare thing going on when i start to lose my verbal skills - eg when someone has been rude to me or i just have no idea how i should act... i tend to go a bit glass eyed and just stare at them which suprisingly gets them to shut up as i must look like i'm about to go batshit :ninja:... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you vocal stim? |
| Raf_19 |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2015, 8:10 am
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Replies: 35
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yea i sometimes repeat the last part of what someone just said, usually in a few different tones or even start to sing it  and i also have a verbal stim which is clicking with my tongue, not very often tho |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: being diagnosed in the uk? |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2015, 4:58 am
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Replies: 15
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| hello uk here and was diagnosed last year, south east of england. best thing for me about the formal diagnosis was that i COULD tell my employer- this led to the reasonable adjustments i needed to be able to carry on in my job (wouldnt be there by now, for sure, would have melted down/been sacked)..... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: please can anyone help me understand? |
| Raf_19 |
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Posted: 19 Sep 2015, 2:24 pm
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Replies: 0
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| hello, sorry if this is a bit muddled but hopefully it will make enough sense. i have been in my job for 4.5 years. everything was OK up until i had some severe mental health problems a couple of years ago which ended up with me being diagnosed with ASD (things had been 'wrong' my whole life but th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Executive function- mine's terrible. How does it effect you? |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2015, 4:18 am
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Replies: 32
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| this is the part of my ASD that i struggle with the most and the part that turns me from a HFA to almost incapable of living a normal life. I am HFA all the time that my EF is in check and i totally relate to the person who said this fluctuates with stress and anxiety factors. for my, it is all abou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: very wounded by best friends comments |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2015, 4:11 am
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| you guys are right, i start to doubt if this friendship is any good for me at all. probably more an infatuation on my part. i do not feel good when i am around this person as it is quite an abusive relationship. he is very critical of me and quite insulting about me in lots of ways. the ASD comment ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: very wounded by best friends comments |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2015, 5:46 pm
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Replies: 7
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| like many of us here, i'm a HFA but with a lifetime background of vague and various deep rooted "issues". i went through hell during childhood & teens but also became very adept at masking my asd-isms but after the 'wheels fell off' a couple of times, i eventually was diagnosed ASD in ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Desperate for some advice - workplace problem brewing |
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Posted: 12 May 2014, 5:03 am
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| thanks for all of this today i submitted a summary of everything to my union along with info about my disability so that he can advise me on how to handle it. regarding the ''snooping'' we share a computer in the same small office and he had left it logged in with the emails open ,no serious act was... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Desperate for some advice - workplace problem brewing |
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Posted: 11 May 2014, 6:02 am
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| thanks so much for these replies, i am so appreciative of the valuable input and have taken all of the points made on board. i am keen not to charge in to this with emotional feelings and rather yes, play it out cooly and calmly and collect all the evidence for my hand before making any formal moves... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Desperate for some advice - workplace problem brewing |
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Posted: 10 May 2014, 10:01 am
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| Hi guys I really need some help or advice as right now I am just feeling so confused, hurt and angry about the turn of events that is happening to me. Sorry this might be a bit long. I have been doing my job for the past 3 years and have always been highly conscientious, dedicated, hard working, pop... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you find ritualistic greetings awkward? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 3:09 am
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Replies: 15
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| I absolutley hate all the greetings type of stuff, I would far rather skip them all and just say something that is relavant later. I'm sure I sometimes seem rude because I skip the 'how are you?' 'how was your weekend' type of stuff a lot but I have also conditioned myself for years to play along, s... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: HEY, I'M NEW |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 3:05 am
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Replies: 6
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| Thanks all for the nice welcome. I didn't think the diagnosis journey was too bad given that I had heard it was almost impossible to get a diagnosis at all for adults. However, it was tiresome in that I couldn't get any support at work or anywhere until a diagnosis was formalised and I experienced a... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: HEY, I'M NEW |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2014, 2:50 pm
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Replies: 6
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| :) Hi, I'm Raf, 24 y.o male, diagnosed with ASD on 10th February 2014. I am high-functioning but have a mish-mash of lots of other ASD-isms that wreak havoc on my life :roll: Such as: Sensory problems (mainly noise)- but also touch, hate to be touched.. Stims...have to stroke a square of silk consta... |
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