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    Drug Side effects

    Okay, I am super sensitive to most drugs (prescription or non) and alcohol. I ended up getting all of the obscure mental side effects as well. Birth control caused a severe, life altering depression. Vicodin sends me into intense paranoia episodes and depression. And I'm only talking about...
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    Why stim, why not stop?

    In my case, when I get tense or stressed out, my muscles get really tense, and that can make my back hurt pretty bad. A sort of rocking/wiggling/bouncing stim relaxes me enough that the muscles in my back stop hurting so bad. I think its some combination of the psychological factor and the...
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    Foods You Hate or Hated as a Child?

    I used to hate beans and mashed potatoes because of the texture. I still don't like them most of the time, but if they are tasty I can handle them. I HATE the skin that forms on the top of chocolate pudding. I HATE it! It creates a textural inconsistency!
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    Letting Go of Emotions

    I'm not sure if this is even related to Asperger's or not, but it is definitely something I do. Whenever I start to feel an emotion, I really hold onto it. In particular, anger and other negative feelings. If something makes me angry, I get really angry and I don't cool down easily. People...
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    Aspies - Facial features

    Some people tell me I look younger than I am. Depending on what I am wearing, people tell me I look older (I tend to dress older.) When I'm wearing a uniform or some kind of neutral outfit, people say I look younger. I'm 22, and I get told I look anywhere from 16 to 30.
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    Struggling to accept being a loner

    I have a terrible time socializing with most of the population, but I do okay within certain groups. I just had to find out which ones work for me. For instance, I'm terrible at socializing with the other waiters at work who enjoy going out to bars and partying after work, but I get along...
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    Your obsessions when you were a child? (Or your child's obsessions?)

    Pokemon! :)
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    How do People Recognise Flirting?

    Flirting. I do not understand this concept at all. Usually I can at least figure out an appropriate or neutral response to things that people say, but I can not figure out the appropriate response to flirting. There are a lot of non-literal statements involved in flirting, and these are hard...
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    Is anyone possesive of their partners?

    I have a few jealous/possessive tendencies over the people I'm close to, but I don't think it has anything to do with Asperger's. Those feelings started after I found out one of my partners was cheating on me and eventually left me for the other woman.
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    At what age were you diagnosed?

    I started the screening process when I was ten, but I misinterpreted what was going on and thought my mother was punishing me for being weird. I started hiding my symptoms and weird behavior from her so she thought it had gone away and stopped the screening process. We wrote it off that I was...
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    What are your unique talents and gifts?

    I'm really good at writing and whatever other artsy-craftsy thing I'm into at any given time. I'm not very good in social situations, but I do seem to have a gift for organizing groups of people and bringing them to some kind of action. It's kind of contradictory, but it sort of makes sense...
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    A Deep But Different Kind of Love

    I've never had a real romantic relationship before, but there have been a couple of people I have loved in a romantic context. However, I don't develop romantic feelings as fast or as frequently as my peers. Recently, I have come to discover that I am capable of very very deep non-romantic...
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    Zoning out?

    I zone out all of the time. I never realized it was an Aspie thing though. I have entire worlds I've created in my mind, and I like to visit them when I'm bored at work or school. My body runs on autopilot while my brain takes off. I've always found it useful because I can pass long hours of...
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    Empathy

    Okay, I don't officially have Asperger's Syndrome, but I have roughly 90% of the symptoms, and it has a serious impact on my day to day life. However, I don't think that I have a "lack of empathy". On the contrary, I think I have a lot of empathy. I'm really good at knowing how the people...
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    Anyone have an obsession they wish they didn't?

    Problematic obsessions? Hello everyone. :) I was wondering if anyone has ever had an obsession they wish that they didn't. In my case, I tend to have one major obsession for a time that lasts anywhere from one to several years. None of them have been problematic in subject-matter, but the...
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