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    What song are you listening to right now?

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    Will he ever feel different ?

    Once upon a time in the 80's, when I was 20 and a guy I'd been hanging out with for a year or two was 22, we were eating lunch in a campus cafeteria when all of a sudden he declared that he loved me and had been in love with me for a while. To say I was surprised is an understatement. I had no...
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    I keep wandering off because no one's in chat when I log in. :(

    I keep wandering off because no one's in chat when I log in. :(
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    You don't think carrots are important?
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    Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

    Don't you think it's safer hanging above a pit of snakes, rather than tempting them with your tasty ankles?
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    Is online interaction draining for you?

    I find my social anxiety extends to online interactions. (I voted "sometimes," but it's not a rare occurrence.) Some of it is my obsessive need to make sure what I'm saying is "connecting" with others, makes them feel good about the exchange, and not unheard or neglected in anyway. That is, I...
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    Comment by 'Echo' in 'Online dating pt.2'

    Hello Onna, nice to meet you! I just read a more recent post of yours about dating (the lego gifter) and thought I'd comment, briefly. I find that when I text with people I use a lot of emojis for fear they'll misunderstand my meaning in the absence of facial expressions..... but, shockingly...
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    Non-medication/therapy solutions for extreme distress

    Oh, and on the topic of homeopathic remedies and the like, while they haven't been studied in any great depth it HAS been proven that placebos are often as potent as pharmaceuticals. Our minds are powerful. Years ago I worked in a very busy bookstore and experienced a lot of anxiety from...
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    Non-medication/therapy solutions for extreme distress

    In theory, behavioral approaches, where you train yourself to have a certain calm response to a specific stimulus, is extremely helpful. The problem is that we need to remember to do it. And it needs to be something that can be done with the minimum of props, wherever we are. So, for minor...
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    Sensory Meltdowns While Driving

    I have an old car. It often makes crazy noises that signal issues with the engine. And, while I should probably listen to those sounds and take it in for repair when they happen, when it's a non-issue or something that can wait, I avert meltdowns not just by playing music, but by singing. If...
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    Are you immune to Flu jabs? Have you ever had them?

    So... some of us have weird immune systems. I have some auto-immune disorders that I've had, well, probably since I was a kid, although I was diagnosed in my 20s. What those that wield the needles fail to tell you is that there is a small... rare... but not impossible chance that a vaccine can...
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    Hi. I'm a 60 year old diagnosed at 58.

    Welcome, Pats! I'm impressed by what you were able to accomplish, too. And I'm also in the club, here, of older women who came to this diagnosis late (I'm 52 and have really only known for a little over a year). I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts. :)
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    The Gut-Brain Thing

    While I wouldn't discount that there is a gut-brain connection, that article was written with "click bait" level information and written in a way that sounds scientific even though they're only seeding their particular beliefs and agenda with very shallow bits of "science." For instance, I...
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    You're only like this because......

    When I told my father I was aspie, hoping to have some conversation about it, he looked at me like I wasn't there and changed the subject. Recently, with no provocation, and during a telephone conversation in which he should have been apologizing for something anyway, he suddenly tore into me...
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    Thank you! You were nice to comment on my crappy summer. :)

    Thank you! You were nice to comment on my crappy summer. :)
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