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Recent content by Cosmus

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    Can't Describe Feelings in Spoken Words?

    I also have this "difficulty". It's just a thought, but is a difficulty to "name emotions on the spot in response to another person's expectations in a way that they will understand" not just related to where our attention is in any given moment...I have a wandering mind and I tend to be "off...
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    How forgetful are you?

    I am always forgetting where I put my keys, wallet, phone, etc. so I bought myself a key finder (comes with remote control and various fobs that you attach to each item). The idea is that you keep the remote control in a fixed place (by the tv?) and when you lose something you press the button...
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    Are you nostalgic?

    There is a Japanese word that describes the beauty, wistfulness and sadness that can accompany the feeling of nostalgia perfectly - mono-no-aware. All things are temporary, and intensely beautiful for that reason. Sometimes it hits you hard, completely out of the blue.
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    Interesting Book

    Great! I'll hold back on commenting until you guys have finished reading it. I'd be really interested to know what you think.
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    Interesting Book

    Hi, I've been reading a book called Autism and the Seeds of Change by Abigail Marshall. It describes an approach to help fill in some gaps that tend to exist in autistic people's understanding of basic concepts such as continuity, change, and emotion. It describes a clay modelling approach that...
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    Poll: Do you have sensory issues?

    I have some mild sensory issues. I think I have very sensitive hearing, which is great for listening to music but scary when there are sudden sounds like workmen, road traffic, or metal clanging. I can't stand clothing labels or uncomfortable clothes, so I just cut out the labels and wear...
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    Hi

    Thanks for the warm welcome everybody!
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    Hi

    Hi, I am in my mid-forties and I found out a little over a year ago through some online tests that I have Asperger’s. Since then I have been reading very widely (one of the most mind-blowing and affirming experience of my life – autistic people’s writing seems to fit with my consciousness so...
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    Your unautistic autism symptoms.

    "It is simply a different use of the internal (behind the scenes) routes of conscious and subconscious thought processes that an autistic mind uses to perceive and make sense of incoming stimuli and formulate response. Some say that auties' thought processes take more complex and thorough...
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    listening to multiple songs simultaneously

    I do this. I can listen to two or more songs at the same time and enjoy the "layering" effect. Interestingly, the emotions of both songs also play simultaneously too. It's nice if I know both songs really well (if I have listened to them individually numerous times before and I know the...
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