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DaughterOfAule
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30 Jun 2016, 2:49 am

EmmaHyde wrote:
Sorry this took me a bit to reply too / warning for long post so I can respond to all.

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In response to what EmmaHyde said:

I've learned a good bit about body language and reading people from watching movies/tv especially psychological thrillers, horror movies, and crime shows. Though it only really made me good at predicting movie/episode plots and I can usually figure out the killer and motive in a lot of crime shows. I still have a hard time with real people because there are a lot more patterns that change and can mean multiple things depending on the person, their mood, and even if they are being genuine or trying to manipulate you. Sadly, I know multiple people that are manipulative and I end up completely lost at what to do.

That being said, I absolutely love Criminal Minds! I'm currently rewatching the series (I'm back up to the ninth season). Spencer Reid is my favorite character, probably because I can relate to him the most (besides the whole genius with an eidetic memory thing :P)

(I had to delete the quotes AND retype my response because of captcha. grrrrr... :x )


My family hates that I can often guess the plots of movies or shows and end up breaking them down/ pointing out what will happen next. Thankfully my girlfriend is okay with it and we'll make snarky commentary on a show or movie when we watch. I'm making a youtube channel to be able to talk about movies and shows instead of annoying my family.

Omg same!! ! I'm not a fan of tenth season but that's cause I'm more a Garcia/ Morgan fan than what they did with it. Reid is one of my all time favorites and I love Garica the best cause I identify with her sass/ fandom love. Plus she rambles like me as demonstrated below.
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As for people, I still have issues with figuring out intentions (I often have people take advantage of me/ never pay me back for things) but have gotten better. There are still times where I have issues/ don't understand if I'm socializing right, like at my work.

My mother and sister both also try to figure out movie plots, so when a movie is about five minutes in we already have a plethora of plot ideas. We have a hard time not doing this. :P

Penelope is my second favorite character! She only loses first place to Spencer by a small amount. I always prefer the unique individuals in tv shows and love Penelope's style (even though I myself dress in all black). I also love how she references awesome things subtly so you only catch them if you know what she is talking about. In an episode I was watching today she said, "its like Sunnydale!" and last time I didn't even notice because I had not yet watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She just makes me happy :P


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30 Jun 2016, 8:46 pm

DaughterOfAule wrote:
Dreadful Dante wrote:
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Wow... Not being able to well identify feelings is very weird sometimes.

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It is strange. I was having some physical symptoms that were scaring me. After getting some tests done the doctors said all the tests can back as normal. Then finally a doctor said it sounded like I was having anxiety attacks. I was very confused thinking I didn't have anxiety. I've thought about it and I now agree, and it also now makes sense that working from home rather than being around people has lessened these symptoms. So I've had anxiety for a very long time without knowing I was anxious.

Also, sometimes clicking the back button saves my response and sometimes it doesn't. Thankfully, this time it did :D


For years I was able to identify emotions only when I had physical symptoms, that means having it so built up inside that it would start hurting or if it was positive, give me euphoria.

Emma, I used to be bullied for being "easy to trick". People would make horrendous jokes when I was a kid because they saw I would take it seriously / literally. That led to some equally horrendous experiences. Nowadays I'm suspicious all the time when people are "joking". Sometimes I assume it's a joke when it's not, and then I laugh... Well, this is quite embarrassing and happens often, although I've managed to reduce it a bit.

Edit: I would use psychological torture with the bullies. I would threaten them without them knowing it was a threat and not letting them know with what I was threatening, so they were confused and left me alone because the cognitive dissonance was too much for their pea brains.

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01 Jul 2016, 1:34 am

A diagnosis can be life changing. I broke down and cried when I got mine. Everything started to make sense all of a sudden, and I felt like I could even learn to stop hating myself (not quite there yet, but much further along...).

I definitely agree with those who've encouraged you to find someone who specializes.



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01 Jul 2016, 10:09 am

Redxk wrote:
A diagnosis can be life changing. I broke down and cried when I got mine. Everything started to make sense all of a sudden, and I felt like I could even learn to stop hating myself (not quite there yet, but much further along...).

I definitely agree with those who've encouraged you to find someone who specializes.



Thank you very much for your reply. I agree with you!



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05 Jul 2016, 1:08 am

Dreadful Dante wrote:
For years I was able to identify emotions only when I had physical symptoms, that means having it so built up inside that it would start hurting or if it was positive, give me euphoria.


I also have trouble identifying emotions within myself (as well as others). I find it challenging to work out why I feel 'strange', and sometimes have difficulty talking in ordinary conversation because of unidentified emotion. I sometimes feel like Data (from Star Trek :D , with emotions chip newly installed) because I can be rendered temporarily non-verbal (or have extreme difficulty talking) by triggers so minor that I often cannot work out what they were. My inability to handle emotion causes me to exhibit signs (like inability to talk) which NTs generally don't seem to show.

I often experience physical pain upon experiencing any emotion, whether positive or negative. I also cry easily. I have cried in the past when teachers were kind to me, because I could not adequately cope with the strong feelings of happiness. I cried before my entire class in grade 10 because I was experiencing extreme anxiety as a result of needing to perform an English oral task.

I ordinarily try to detach myself from any emotional stimulus to avoid the pain it brings.


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05 Jul 2016, 7:16 am

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For years I was able to identify emotions only when I had physical symptoms, that means having it so built up inside that it would start hurting or if it was positive, give me euphoria.


I also have trouble identifying emotions within myself (as well as others). I find it challenging to work out why I feel 'strange', and sometimes have difficulty talking in ordinary conversation because of unidentified emotion. I sometimes feel like Data (from Star Trek :D , with emotions chip newly installed) because I can be rendered temporarily non-verbal (or have extreme difficulty talking) by triggers so minor that I often cannot work out what they were. My inability to handle emotion causes me to exhibit signs (like inability to talk) which NTs generally don't seem to show.

I often experience physical pain upon experiencing any emotion, whether positive or negative. I also cry easily. I have cried in the past when teachers were kind to me, because I could not adequately cope with the strong feelings of happiness. I cried before my entire class in grade 10 because I was experiencing extreme anxiety as a result of needing to perform an English oral task.

I ordinarily try to detach myself from any emotional stimulus to avoid the pain it brings.


I make your words mine, too! Very relatable.

Peacefully,
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06 Jul 2016, 7:55 pm

There are many ways to check if you have ASD. The online tests are a good start. A high blood serotonin level or an enlarged Caudate nucleus is a dead giveaway. There are many physical traits in which the autistic brain differs from an NT's. An MRI will cinch it, one way or another.

Autism is defined by three symptom clusters, including repetitive and stereotyped behavior. Previous studies have implicated basal ganglia in these behaviors. Earlier studies investigating basal ganglia in autism have included subjects on neuroleptics known to affect basal ganglia volumes. Therefore, we investigated these structures in medication-naive subjects with autism.
METHODS:

Volumetric magnetic resonance measures of caudate, putamen, and nucleus accumbens were compared in two independent samples of medication-naive, high-functioning subjects with autism or Asperger syndrome: 1) 21 affected children and adolescents and 21 matched control subjects; and 2) 21 affected adolescents and young adults and 21 matched control subjects.
RESULTS:

Caudate nucleus was enlarged in both samples. This result remained significant after correction for total brain volume.
CONCLUSIONS:

These results implicate caudate nucleus in autism, as an enlargement of this structure was disproportional to an increase in total brain volume in two independent samples of medication-naive subjects with autism.



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06 Jul 2016, 8:06 pm

A_Marquardt wrote:
There are many ways to check if you have ASD. The online tests are a good start. A high blood serotonin level or an enlarged Caudate nucleus is a dead giveaway. There are many physical traits in which the autistic brain differs from an NT's. An MRI will cinch it, one way or another.

Autism is defined by three symptom clusters, including repetitive and stereotyped behavior. Previous studies have implicated basal ganglia in these behaviors. Earlier studies investigating basal ganglia in autism have included subjects on neuroleptics known to affect basal ganglia volumes. Therefore, we investigated these structures in medication-naive subjects with autism.
METHODS:

Volumetric magnetic resonance measures of caudate, putamen, and nucleus accumbens were compared in two independent samples of medication-naive, high-functioning subjects with autism or Asperger syndrome: 1) 21 affected children and adolescents and 21 matched control subjects; and 2) 21 affected adolescents and young adults and 21 matched control subjects.
RESULTS:

Caudate nucleus was enlarged in both samples. This result remained significant after correction for total brain volume.
CONCLUSIONS:

These results implicate caudate nucleus in autism, as an enlargement of this structure was disproportional to an increase in total brain volume in two independent samples of medication-naive subjects with autism.


I can't clearly understand it. I'd need some research on technical terms and I kindly ask of you to give a simplified explanation on the conclusion and your thoughts about it.

I can fluently read technical language in a set of fields, Neuroscience is still not one of them. Will soon be.

Although I need some time to make up an inteligible interpretation of your words, I profoundly thank you for them.

I'm starting to research on it right now. As you read this, I might have already had some "insights".

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06 Jul 2016, 8:21 pm

Got it! So there is indeed a tangible, scientific exam that provides medical / clinical evidence of autism in the overdevelopment of certain brain areas?

That sounds interesting. Very interesting.

This "copy + paste" opened up many doors. Thank you.



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08 Jul 2016, 3:52 pm

Ive only had 1 person say that makes sense, and that's someone who was trying to be friends with me. Most people say "i don't know what that is or" or once an ex friend told me "you seem socially normal to me"



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08 Jul 2016, 4:16 pm

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Ive only had 1 person say that makes sense, and that's someone who was trying to be friends with me. Most people say "i don't know what that is or" or once an ex friend told me "you seem socially normal to me"


By solely believing I am intentionally offensive and awkward, many assume I'm choosing to be outrageous.

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08 Jul 2016, 4:24 pm

Dreadful Dante wrote:
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Ive only had 1 person say that makes sense, and that's someone who was trying to be friends with me. Most people say "i don't know what that is or" or once an ex friend told me "you seem socially normal to me"


By solely believing I am intentionally offensive and awkward, many assume I'm choosing to be outrageous.

Peacefully,
Dante.

I was diagnosed twice professionally. Im confused by your post haha



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08 Jul 2016, 4:25 pm

Jhob5 wrote:
Dreadful Dante wrote:
Jhob5 wrote:
Ive only had 1 person say that makes sense, and that's someone who was trying to be friends with me. Most people say "i don't know what that is or" or once an ex friend told me "you seem socially normal to me"


By solely believing I am intentionally offensive and awkward, many assume I'm choosing to be outrageous.

Peacefully,
Dante.

I was diagnosed twice professionally. Im confused by your post haha


Me too, by yours. That's why mine doesn't make any sense.



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08 Jul 2016, 4:40 pm

Dreadful Dante wrote:
Jhob5 wrote:
Dreadful Dante wrote:
Jhob5 wrote:
Ive only had 1 person say that makes sense, and that's someone who was trying to be friends with me. Most people say "i don't know what that is or" or once an ex friend told me "you seem socially normal to me"


By solely believing I am intentionally offensive and awkward, many assume I'm choosing to be outrageous.

Peacefully,
Dante.

I was diagnosed twice professionally. Im confused by your post haha


Me too, by yours. That's why mine doesn't make any sense.

Sorry I am new to this site but I have been lurking for about 4 months



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08 Jul 2016, 4:42 pm

Jhob5 wrote:
Dreadful Dante wrote:
Jhob5 wrote:
Dreadful Dante wrote:
Jhob5 wrote:
Ive only had 1 person say that makes sense, and that's someone who was trying to be friends with me. Most people say "i don't know what that is or" or once an ex friend told me "you seem socially normal to me"


By solely believing I am intentionally offensive and awkward, many assume I'm choosing to be outrageous.

Peacefully,
Dante.

I was diagnosed twice professionally. Im confused by your post haha


Me too, by yours. That's why mine doesn't make any sense.

Sorry I am new to this site but I have been lurking for about 4 months


It's okay. I just didn't quite catch what you were referring to with your reply.



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08 Jul 2016, 4:48 pm

Growing up my whole life, I was bullied and people assumed I was stupid. I was extremely depressed until I was diagnosed a 2nd time in 8th grade where they thought I had a learning disability when it turns out I had asd after they gave me an iq test. People in school always wondered "why cant john just act normal". lol I know how you feel. it was only till I read several sites on body language that im finally starting to get people. Girls think im a really mean and rude guy too lol. it sucks