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Recent content by Buffles

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    Parties.... I should go, but I don't want to.

    So, I went to the party.... now I'm home. It might take some time to recover. At least I made an appearance.
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    Parties.... I should go, but I don't want to.

    Skye81: I'll go if you go. HA!!! Then maybe we can meet up here after we recover. Thanks all for the replies.... It helps me to discuss with people who get me.
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    Marbles

    I LOVE marbles. I kept mine stored away in a box for years. Now they have a place of honor in my living room. When I feel overwhelmed, I take them off the table and dump them on the floor. I have some that have stories like "the first one I won" or "lucky winner." And some that are just cool...
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    Parties.... I should go, but I don't want to.

    So, I've been invited to a large party that I know I should make an appearance but I am really struggling with it.... a lot of anxiety. It's a 50th birthday party for a friend I've had for 15 years. I skipped out on her last big party last time because I "forgot." She was mad. She's aware of...
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    Scared to take meds

    I know where you are Robby, I was/am there. I've been trying all kinds of antidepressants for about 6 months. I gave them all at least 3 weeks except for one that the side effects were just too much. I just knew I had to do something. I think my psychiatrist is close to a bipolar diagnosis...
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    Aquatic Aspies

    I just got out of the pool! Came home to check the boards. Love swimming. Decided to do triathlons a couple of years ago so had to learn an efficient freestyle. I taught myself and now love to swim just for exercise. I find it really helps with anger. You have to focus on breathing or you...
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    Security objects?

    I have a blankie. I've had it since high school.... 25years give or take. I can live without it but would rather not. I don't travel with it because the thought of losing it makes me worry..... But when I come home to sleep in my own bed it makes it that much better!!
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    I feel I am too easily worried

    I battle anxiety all the time. Some little things, some life changing possible. I get it when someone puts a thought in your head. I can tell myself that it is not worth the worry, but I still get anxious. My solution usually is just as King_Oni said: work towards a solution if there is...
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    Do People Take Advantage of You?

    My friendships have been the same, but not to the same extreme.... Most of the issues stem from a lack of emotional support or paying back a favor. I have one friend that asks for small easy favors. Recently, I took a resupply box up to her in Colorado as they were hiking the colorado trail...
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    Seeking a "formal" diagnosis. It's hard..... little help here?

    Thanks for the feedback! I think the most valuable thing I've found through the quest called diagnosis is the fact that I finally found people that think like me and "get" me. I've been asked the why do you want a diagnosis question repeatedly. It seems like a little inside joke now. I...
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    Seeking a "formal" diagnosis. It's hard..... little help here?

    First of all, I live in the southwestern U.S. I was diagnosed as an aspie by my therapist. That sent me into an obsession of getting THE diagnosis. There are no resources in the town I live in so I contacted a neuropsychologist in a town 180 miles away. This was three weeks ago. I've called...
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    Aspergers and OCD

    I do. I find that my OCD gets worse if I am stressed. And, I've been really stressed lately. It all boils down to control issues for me. If my environment is not how I expect it, all those little OCD rituals and thoughts come to the front. A lot of times I have to take a "time out" to get the...
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    Hi All

    A recent comment from my therapist ("What about Aspergers.... do you know what that is?') made the last couple of months a flood of self discovery. Holy Cow! All of a sudden my whole life made a bit of sense... Not a bad 40th birthday present. I'm currently awaiting testing for a formal...
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