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Recent content by Bella Pines

  1. Bella Pines

    My final post - a fond farewell.

    Hi all, I'd like to say a proper goodbye and if anyone looks me up, I'd like you to know that I didn't succumb to depression or die! This is my final post before I log off for the last time. I've lasted longer than I ever thought I would. In the real world people start reaching for their...
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    Serving time in Belle Reve

    Serving time in Belle Reve
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    Could/Should We Terraform Venus?

    Hell yes, there's some uprooted refugees in south america looking for a home right now...
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    NT thinking and us

    On a neuroscientific level I would love to study aspie versus NT brain structure. Or invent a machine that can adequately map and compare biological neural networks, I find it fascinating. I've given up on them ever understanding me. I've been married to an NT for 20 years and during some hard...
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    Small talk?

    I think if someone greeted me by sniffing my butt I would probably respond with my elbow.
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    Small talk?

    It's a test administered by neurotypicals. It's designed to test if someone can be imprinted on by society and will mimic defined behaviour without question. When people pass the test and perform as expected then the neurotypical will be comfortable and consider them "one of us". This test...
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    Autistic empathy

    Following the definition of; NOUN "The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. The psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another." I'm extreme on the HFA/Asperger's scale and I do have empathy. I think that...
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    Misdiagnosed as bipolar and lack of support from doctors

    Yeah agreed with above, these are healthy and productive reasons for wanting to know. I have absolutely no medical or psychiatric training but am happy to offer up a deluxe package, stranger on the internet, diagnosis :). There is a high chance you have Aspergers. It can be misdiagnosed. The...
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    Ideal Vacation for Auties/Aspies?

    Oddly enough, I absolutely love theme parks, the colours the shapes. I fully intend to take my boys to Disney land. I've been to Disneyland Paris and there was a fabulous restaurant in the pirates of the Carribbean ride that I could just live in. What I can't take is the crowds. At all, I can't...
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    Zoning out?

    I zone out and go into my head. I will look up and find the world around me has changed and I have no memory of it happening. I'll zone out on the train and it will be really crowded, then I'll snap back to reality and find the carriage empty, I won't recall anything in between. I actually...
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    Misdiagnosed as bipolar and lack of support from doctors

    Well I can answer you right now. You feel, think and act differently because you are a conscious being and have your own distinct personality. Now that that's answered, you need to figure out what it is you need. For example, are you looking for; Validation and comfort. For someone to tell...
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    It’s Because of the Asperger’s

    Should we be given special consideration? In so much as we give everyone else special consideration. In answer to the question, can one blame ASD for everything? Oh yes. People nowadays, especially the younger generation are incredibly adept at blame and excuses. It's not my fault, it's my...
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    Communicating with someone also on the spectrum

    It does depend on the person but I find it easier to talk to other aspies. Mostly because I can drop my guard a bit and don't have to make so much of a constant effort. I was talking to an aspie last week and they knew I had to deal with something regarding my schziophrenic, incredibly self...
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    If I Don't See Someone for a While...

    I've looked into Alexithymia, but for me I think it's more of a compartmentalization thing. I have the same, not just with people but with pretty much everything. Literally out of sight, out of mind. This comes in REALLY handy with trauma or mistakes. I know that I just have to do something...
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    Being dragged into conversations you don't want any part in

    Accept her. As mentioned above people do things to get attention, or they care if people like them or not. It's more pronounced in kids and they will often just come out and say it, but you will see it your whole life. Adults do the same thing but much more subtle, they will say something...
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