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anneurysm
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14 Sep 2010, 3:55 am

ShadesOfMe wrote:

I'm not sure why you made a page on ED about it though, or why you are posting about it here, and maiking accounts for your imaginary friends and posting as them. That isn't a way to get people to listen or understand.

As I have said in previous threads, the sockpuppets are a way to further exercise her creativity, as well as her way of reaching out to people socially as she has little understanding of appropriate ways to do so. Thank you for telling her to PM you about her world though, it will give her some reinforcement and will allow you to be another "safe person" that she can discuss it with.

I've asked her to do the same with me...she needs to know that there are appropriate times, places and people that she can share her interests with, as well as methods in which she can use to do so. The source of her ridicule over the internet is that she is very public about her interest and due to her awkward social skills it is challenging for her to get the respect she deserves. Thank you for displaying an interest in her world though, she will really appreciate it!

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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.

This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.

My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.

Last edited by anneurysm on 14 Sep 2010, 4:12 am, edited 2 times in total.

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