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You are ill, How do you respond
Autistic Spectrum, baby me 32%  32%  [ 6 ]
Autistic Spectrum, leave me alone 63%  63%  [ 12 ]
Non Autistic, baby me 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Non Autistic, leave me alone 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Fuzzy you jerk! You forgot MY option! 5%  5%  [ 1 ]
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15 Dec 2006, 1:44 am

So you are sick. Ill. Upset stomache, fever.. whatever. What treatment do you expect from people around you? Do you want to be left alone to get better, or do you want to have someone fuss over you?



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15 Dec 2006, 2:45 am

I'd like to have a fine man fuss over me, whenever I get sick. :wink:



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15 Dec 2006, 4:09 am

I like to be fussed over...

I think this has somthing to do with my Mum, when I was ill she was wonderful, the perfect mummy. we otherwise had, and still do to a degree, a difficult relationship.

Even now as an adult, she is her most interested in me when I have been ill. She talks and talks about her own and others health problems constantly and recently streched out a conversation about my tonsilitis of xmas 2004 for half an hour! She should have been a nurse...

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15 Dec 2006, 4:25 am

I can't stand being fussed over when I'm ill. Just make sure I've got a cuppa, and the TV remote, then buzz off and let me suffer in peace :)



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15 Dec 2006, 4:32 am

If I'm ill, leave me alone!



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15 Dec 2006, 7:16 am

I'd like to be alone. Leave the bottle of bourbon on your way out...



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15 Dec 2006, 8:16 am

Fussed over, definitely. And it's so easy when my mother only lives three miles away. Usually whenever I'm sick, I go and camp out over there and get her to make some home made chicken noodle soup for me.

I don't know about the autistic/nonautistic. Unless you mean do I get more autistic? If so, when I'm sick I probably do. Being sick is a bit stressful and stress tends to bring out more autiness in me.


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15 Dec 2006, 8:17 am

gizah, btw, I love your avatar! :D


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15 Dec 2006, 8:18 am

Ta very much. Would probs be better as a transparent gif, but never mind



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15 Dec 2006, 8:36 am

To verify, I mean, are you autistic, and do you, or do you not like being fussed over. thats why there are two choices for both autists and and NT.



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15 Dec 2006, 9:05 am

I don't want alot of people knowing I'm an aspie, otherwise I'll be either fussed, patronised, or (could be) exploited on TV.



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15 Dec 2006, 9:08 am

Well Fuzzy,

Now you know! NEXT time give the less likely option FIRST! You should have asked if they were non autistic etc... first.

Oh well, most of the people here probably ARE autistic, and the fact that 100% answered as autistic DOES support that.

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15 Dec 2006, 9:12 am

Alternative wrote:
I don't want alot of people knowing I'm an aspie, otherwise I'll be either fussed, patronised, or (could be) exploited on TV.


YEAH! I had a problem, and had two bad things happen, and people thought it was due to the problem. It WASN'T! Unless they REALLY know you, and know that aspergers is something acquired VERY early, they may treat you different, etc...

I used to ALWAYS let people know how I wanted to be treated. I still do sometimes. People NEVER listen. EVEN when it is in their best interest to listen, etc... they DON'T!

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15 Dec 2006, 10:54 am

It depends what mood I'm in. I do like to be fussed over but when I'm ill and it's making me angry, leave me alone. If I don't get angry I'm fine, I like having people around as it can take my mind off it.


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15 Dec 2006, 12:19 pm

I don't even like people in my house when I'm sick.



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15 Dec 2006, 2:13 pm

I'm really cranky when I'm ill so I don't like people around.