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Recent content by AHuman

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    General life advice

    My biggest lesson has been to be content with having no really close friends but lots of acquaintances. I spent a lot of my younger years chasing friendship because I thought I was weird not having a best friend, or close friends at all. At one point I started to become scared of even trying...
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    Smells you hate, but most people love

    No, WeirdoGuy, you're spot on there. My number one hated smell is bacon. Raw fish figures up there but I think that's reasonably normal. Perfume definitely. City smells, diesel exhaust, food when I'm not hungry, small children smells. I mean, there are people that like sniffing babies...
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    A conversation with my husband

    I never use my real name on forums, on this one it was a real headache actually. I have a usual handle on other stuff I go on but until I have the stomach for chasing an actual diagnosis I want to stay anonymous.
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    Stimming - substitute for rubber bands?

    Well, definitely don't do what I did. Smoking is bad kids.
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    dust or vacuum first

    The routine is: start kitchen chores, run water, put washing on etc. Get a coffee. Clean all the glass stuff like windows and mirrors. More coffee. Tidy and clear surfaces, then dust. After dusting vacuum, after that, dust any surfaces that got dusty again. Then vacuum under them. Go for a...
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    Yo Yo

    Welcome back :-)
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    Emotional Support Animals

    My cats are not ESAs but they really do help. I really benefit from having them around and making them happy makes me happy. Even an animal that's just a pet is beneficial. Dogs help you get out and about, they're cuddly and loveable and they're something outside yourself to care for. I...
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    Why oh why am I ill again!?

    Why oh why am I ill again!?
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    Anyone else like being alone?

    I like to be alone surrounded by total silence as often as I can, bonus points if my surroundings are clean and tidy. I only live with my husband but it's been a while since I was last able to get some alone time, cicumstances have changed and it is bliss. Up to about two weeks ago, he had...
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    Autistown - a thought experiment

    Another way I find I'm not as unique as I thought for all these years... heh.
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    The irritation with the stigma of heavy metal.

    Metal saved me. I have wide ranging music taste now, a lot of which nobody seems to have heard of, but metal has a special place in my heart because it helped me so much when I was really struggling with everything. I really miss going to metal clubs, it was a way for me to exist around people...
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    Autistown - a thought experiment

    Ani idea where the thread is so I can get it merged?
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    Breaking family ties

    I'm low contact with my mother too. My Dad is great (we're a lot alike so we get each other lost of the time) and, although he's very normal, My brother is great too. The mother however... she's just a drama queen and every time I get in touch with her she destabilizes my life. I was...
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    Autistown - a thought experiment

    I was wondering... We all talk about how the NT world doesn't suit us, but I've never seen any concrete suggestions on how to adapt the world to include us. So, I thought, what if we had free reign to redesign the world around our needs? What if there was a town designed from the ground up...
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    I can't stand to look at one person's face

    I'm like that with politicians. If I don't like their politics particularly I find it painful to look at them. I can absolutely understand what you mean though. I do find it at least a bit painful to read negative emotions on people's faces, and most faces outside of obvious happiness look...
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