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13 Sep 2010, 3:14 pm

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just because nobody responds directly to a post doesn't mean that it's been ignored.....but without proof, it's easy for low self-esteem to barge in and conclude that the whole exercise is a failure.

I completely agree. If only we had "Like" buttons here...


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13 Sep 2010, 7:12 pm

okay, so maybe this sounds kinda silly.... but i noticed something as i was reading though the posts on this thread.... my eyes skim past the posts with no avatar. a picture gives my eyes something to 'stick' to, otherwise it feels like a lot of text all on its own. an avatar also helps me recognize a poster and i am more likely to comment on a post of someone i 'recognize'.

just a thought.


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18 Oct 2010, 9:17 pm

For sure!

I"m way way out of my depth here (intellectually)

Also I went to my 1 st ASD Meet Up recently and could see "cliques" and as usual I was on my own :(

I'm only an insider to my pets and that's just the way |I like it, at least we know without a doubt their love for us is very very real . :D


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18 Oct 2010, 10:16 pm

No, I feel like I belong here! It's amazing how much the other people on here sound like me. I should have joined years ago! It's thrilling to hear that they have the same kinks as me. I wish I could meet some of them in real life.



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19 Oct 2010, 7:51 am

Yes. I don't feel as if I fit in here either.


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19 Oct 2010, 7:53 am

Seems like I have a tendency to irritate even people here.



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01 Feb 2012, 2:22 pm

I'd say a bit of both. Yes, at times I do feel like an outsider on WP but to vote this way rather than the other means I could not vote for feeling included on WP which I do also feel sometimes. Also I think the queston is leading. Would you answer the same if it was 'do you feel like an insider/you belong on WP?'



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01 Feb 2012, 5:28 pm

Saturn wrote:
I'd say a bit of both. Yes, at times I do feel like an outsider on WP but to vote this way rather than the other means I could not vote for feeling included on WP which I do also feel sometimes. Also I think the queston is leading. Would you answer the same if it was 'do you feel like an insider/you belong on WP?'


Nothing stopping you from asking the other way, if you want to, I wasn't attempting science or anything.


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01 Feb 2012, 5:41 pm

Yes. I feel like an outsider on WP more often than I do in RL or on other fourms.


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01 Feb 2012, 7:53 pm

Absolutely- I don't connect with people here any better than anywhere else.


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01 Feb 2012, 7:58 pm

If I feel like an outsider in general, it follows that I would feel like an outsider on WP. I'm still me, after all.



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01 Feb 2012, 7:59 pm

At times, yes.


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01 Feb 2012, 8:29 pm

leejosepho wrote:
Is that not part of what makes us fit in here?!


^This :D

- Most autistic people have trouble relating to others and often feel like outsiders.
- This is a forum for autistic people.
- Ergo, most people in this forum have trouble relating to others and often feel like outsiders (myself included).



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02 Feb 2012, 12:35 am

Yes, I actually feel like I right in the middle of autistic and neurotypical. It's annoying.



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02 Feb 2012, 12:46 am

Yes i do feel like an outsider. There are a lot of naive fools in this community and it annoys me.

It seems to me that it is some kind of contest on here, as to who's the most Aspie. I don't know why, but that's the feeling i get. My theory is that 60% of the people on this website are not on the spectrum but are trying to convince themselves that they are (due to insecurity about lack of friends, etc). So they constantly have to reassure themselves by being as aspie as possible.

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02 Feb 2012, 5:53 am

Not really. Only when I'm out in public, because of the way people keep staring at me I feel there's something wrong about me. It makes me very uncomfortable and makes me feel like the most unusual looking thing in the world, even though rightfully I'm just ordinary like everyone else, since I don't do anything notable or dress unusual or nothing like that.


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