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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Gender Neutral/Genderqueer/Intersex |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 1:27 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 13,055
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| From what I've read, yes it is common with ASD. I also thought it was kind of strange that this forum only allowed M/F. I align myself somewhere in the gender neutral/androgynous category, and will hopefully be able to get top surgery at some point to make myself more physically comfortable. I like ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Non-romantic? |
| KazKazKaz |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 12:55 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,517
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| I'm wondering if I am non-romantic because of my difficulties to emotionally connect with people and replicate the same kind of romantic attachment they feel for me. I had what I thought was a crush on a guy in college that went on for months, butterflies in stomach whenever I saw him, etc., but whe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Violent thoughts towards animal |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 12:20 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,085
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| Thank you for your replies and your clarity. I am doubtful that the thoughts would actually manifest in something, I feel very strongly that if I were to actually move towards doing something I would quickly stop because the reality of killing is terrifying to me, it's the thoughts alone that are ca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: No Personality Of My Own |
| KazKazKaz |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 8:43 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,812
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| I feel the same way. I start picking up the movements, tone of voice, word choice, expressions, and cadence of people I talk to or interact with a lot. I only really feel like "myself" (or whatever that is) when I'm alone or writing, where I feel like my words can get through without any of the "ext... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Violent thoughts towards animal |
| KazKazKaz |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 8:36 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,085
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| So I'm a really quiet person, extremely deferential and I go to almost doormat-like lengths to make sure I don't offend other people (after being abrasive and unthoughtful as a child/teenager and becoming aware of how much I bother others) I don't like confrontation at all and will do everything to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social memory |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 8:07 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,094
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| Something that happens to me pretty often is I forget who was present in certain interactions - I can remember the topics and the place where it was, and have a very detailed memory for that, but remembering what people said or who was there - not so much. It happens really often where I'll start te... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should I just go off on my own? |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 8:03 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 716
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| Plan things out. Coordinate with a friend you can trust, who you know can accept you and take you in before you have enough money to support living in your own place. Make sure that the place you're moving to has the resources that you need. Do everything official that needs to be done, change your ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Strong emotional response to fantasies |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2014, 7:50 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 675
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| Is this associated with ASD, where you have an elaborate fantasy that you will think about for maybe 20 minutes that is not in any way connected to reality, and you start to show emotional distress over it and it changes your mood for the rest of the day? Like you psychologically respond to it as if... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being addressed by your name |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2014, 5:17 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,067
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| I like when my close friends use my name with me, because it feels like closeness and familiarity - but when an acquaintance or stranger uses it, it's upsetting. I feel like they've overstepped a boundary and are misusing something that's mine, I guess. I also don't like calling people by their name... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: How many Aspies never got asked to Prom? |
| KazKazKaz |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2014, 2:47 am
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Replies: 68
Views: 18,215
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| I never got invited to prom nor was asked out through all of high school - I asked a guy to homecoming once and we went, didn't dance, just stood and talked and I thought it was pretty chill. He seemed kind of confused as to why I had asked him there but seemed fine. I think during junior prom I wen... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Gay only when on drugs? |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2014, 2:27 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,138
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| I haven't tried anything other than weed and alcohol so I can't speak from experience, only second-hand knowledge. I don't think it's a "suppression" thing - it's kind of a tired topic to to bring that up in the context of asexuality. Like, drugs don't necessarily act as if they're lifting a veil of... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Has a movie or novel ever (almost) brought you to tears? |
| KazKazKaz |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2014, 1:26 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,308
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| Music - Saw/listened to the Kronos Quartet perform Requiem for a Dream soundtrack live. Cried. Out of body experience. Books - Harry Potter 7, Everything is Illuminated TV - Last episode of Battlestar Galactica. Sometimes get very un-sober and re-watch it, will cry for a full half hour. Movies - (ma... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Struggling to understand friendship dynamics |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2014, 12:53 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,237
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| This sounds a lot like what happened to me during my junior & senior years of college - I was involved with this friend circle but was never really sure if I was in the group or on the outskirts of it, and seeing myself on the outskirts of it sent me into bouts of loneliness. I would attempt to ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi everyone, I'm new (and nervous) |
| KazKazKaz |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2014, 11:34 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 657
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| Hi, I'm Kaz! This is the first community I've been in relating to Autism / Asperger's, after coming to the general realization that these realities apply to me, and I am still processing how this affects me. I haven't been diagnosed (my parents were very anti-modern medicine and shamed mental illnes... |
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