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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Do you procrastinate with homework? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2015, 2:19 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,546
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| It's not my work ethic, it's my mental health. Occasionally I'll spend days with zero human contact and it gets harder to retain information, let alone focus on it in the first place. Rather than stay up until 1 AM I sometimes just let it go and try to relax. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How to increase my chances of success in life |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2015, 10:52 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,428
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| Try new things, but stick with them long enough to see results. If you don't know your aptitudes yet, you'll bump into them eventually when you're testing what's out there. If you don't stick with any of them and find solutions to the hard parts, though, it won't develop as a skill. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How does one stay focused? How does one do it? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2015, 10:48 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 753
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| Morning rituals help somewhat, but I find that if I can't focus on anything it's not a matter of procrastination. Too little sleep, not enough water, hungry, etc. A little variety helps, too. I find that if I've spent months on a short story I desperately want to put it down for awhile once I'm done... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Making friends is so challenging |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2015, 9:16 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,101
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| You're telling me. Making a little extra spending money off writing is easier than making friends. As for the people on Facebook, it's my impression that a lot of people go out spontaneously. Meaning they don't plan who to go with or where to go, but they hear of someone else's plans and tag along o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Small talk and making conversation. |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 8:47 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,676
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| Other than anything beginning with "at least", I don't think there's anything specific to say to people who are having a hard time other than to talk to them and keep an open mind. They're just kind of freaking out for a bit and need time to process or someone to hear them. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Send an anonymous message to ANYONE in your life |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 4:41 pm
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Replies: 2,598
Views: 83,664
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| I don't know if you're coming or going, but I feel I have to be honest regardless. Either way, what needs to be said is said. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Who here codes? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 4:23 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,677
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| I've been toying with Ruby. I don't care for programming, but feel I should have a working understanding of it so I dip in once in awhile when I'm in the mood or something catches my eye. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Final Fantasy: "How do you manage all those characters?" |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 4:20 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 708
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| Maybe she thought you were controlling all of them at once instead of taking turns. It's really no more complicated than games like chess or checkers that have multiple pieces, and lots of people play those, too. |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: How do I get my newly uploaded avatar to show up on posts? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 4:19 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 693
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| It's not you, and it's been this way for at least two months with no acknowledgement that I've seen. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What to Eat? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 4:12 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 857
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| I tend to balance between buying things like butternut squash pasta that I just need to boil, stir-fries, and homemade quesadillas with lots of beans and vegetables. I eat a lot of mangoes, carrots, bananas, and berries, but those aren't meal foods. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: When guy mentions his girlfriend or wife in the conversation |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 1:38 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,936
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| Maybe, maybe not. People aren't usually shy about mentioning the family members they spend so much time around in my experience, whether it's a son or a wife. You could assume people mention a son because they want to pair you off with him, but inspecting it from that angle shows how much of a stret... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Post a book you're reading |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 3:35 am
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Replies: 4,902
Views: 472,118
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Lem's Solaris. Getting back into classic sci-fi and enjoying the different style that sounds fantastic on audiobooks.
Mrrandomman wrote: Revival by Stephen King. It's not scary at all. Just weird. Creepy at some parts. It's a good book though.
I thought the same thing. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What are you playing right now? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 2:04 am
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Replies: 4,582
Views: 310,197
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| Picked up a game called Waking Mars on a Steam sale that promises to be a thoughtful, exploration-oriented game. We'll see. Just sitting down to start playing it while bored on Easter weekend. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Suggestions for articles on my blog about Aspergers? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 9:49 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 870
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| Hm, some possible ideas: * Misconceptions of your diagnoses * Misconceptions about your generation * Your diagnoses through your eyes * Your generation through your eyes * What works and what doesn't in school * What you think is helpful or harmful to others in school * Lessons you've learned that w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Home planet on earth? |
| downbutnotout |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 11:49 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 783
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cyberdad wrote: I think the point is many of suspect we don't actually belong on this planet...
Not even in Area 51? |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: You know you're a freak when... |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 11:42 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 714
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Fnord gets a lot of flack, but he's the only one who realized this was posted in The Haven and not Random Discussion for a reason.
Thanks for being the only one on Wrong Planet to take my feelings seriously, even if you don't have answers for my situation. |
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