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Recent content by cargenx75

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    Word Association Game

    Park
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    Skunk
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    Death
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    Word Association Game

    Bowie
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    Do you have an 'escape'?

    Omg I say thing same thing! I tell my family, "I'm gonna go to my bed".
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    Time
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    DX with other disorders first?

    I'm just wondering if anybody was diagnosed with something before ASD. Like bipolar, schizophrenia, borderline personality, etc. I think my bipolar may be misdiagnosed. Or perhaps these are common coexisting conditions?
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    Chicken
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    Weighted Blanket

    I want to know too!!
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    Word Association Game

    Fancy
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    Small talk (Do you hate it?)

    I do this, but I always get weird looks and the ummmms. So I know I'm doing SOMETHING wrong, but I don't know what!
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    Connected with people

    My whole life I have always wondered why nobody considers me their friend. Acquaintance maybe, but I have never had a close friend...and that's so lonely. I always wondered why others can form those close friendships and even if I do what I think I'm supposed to do I still have no friends.
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    Do you have an 'escape'?

    My escape is my bed. I love my bed. It's my territory and once I'm there everyone knows to leave me alone. I often get so overwhelmed with life that I just "go to my bed". Not necessarily to sleep, but to get away from everything.
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    Stuggle with Motivation?

    I completely understand. I often feel the same way. I have gone for help with therapists, but they tell me to suck it up and do it. That just doesn't work. I get so easily overwhelmed with seemingly normal situations so I just shut down. I am beginning to think it is not so much lack of...
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    any one else ever think about just leaving?

    This is exactly my plan. As soon as my son graduates, I am off to Montana...or maybe Alaska...to be a hermit! I can't wait!
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