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Irisrises
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24 Feb 2010, 10:07 am

I''ve never been anorectic, and I actually think my systematic thinking has given me a better relationship with food than I would have had otherwise, because pretty much every woman I know of has some kind of eating disorder, even if it's rarely as deadly as anorexia.

When I learnt about organic foods and avoiding additives and so on it not only improved my physical health, it also made it possible for me to make informed decisions about what to eat and not to eat, which was helpful to my state of mind. It's the one thing I've tried to do and actually succeeded at - my immune system collapsed in my twenties, and I singlehandedly built it up again. Nobody else knew it was missing. People misunderstand my being careful about what I eat in all sorts of ways. It's something that makes me feel good, on many different levels, and that's all it is.



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24 Feb 2010, 11:29 am

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:
I think cross-gender interactions may be easier (since neither side truly knows what's expected of the other by their peers), giving the impression that the opposite side has it easier. A guy amongst women friends is not held to expectations the same as a woman amongst women, and the same for women who are "one of the boys" -- you're allowed in, but you're not held to male standards as strictly as if you were actually male.


This is a very good point. It is similar, I suppose, to some aspies preferring to live in a country other than the one they grew up in because they are not expected to act "normally" because they are not from that country originally.

Hope that makes sense, I'm having one of my bad vocabulary days.



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24 Feb 2010, 11:42 am

hmmm ... complicated here. my good girl friends understand me and my weirdness. on the other hand, i was bullied by girls in school. the guys just ignored me mostly. but ironically it was a guy who accidentally helped me to open up a bit more. it's also easier to enjoy jokes with them and discuss intellectual things (for smart guys.) is it true that male aspies tend to have more obsessive academic interests compared to female aspies? i hear of male aspies becoming scientists and many female aspies tend to stay in the background with regular interests.



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24 Feb 2010, 12:35 pm

Come to think of it, the responses I got for my first post in this thread were expected, since the people I was talking about wouldn't be on WP anyway...