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Recent content by Els

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    Therapy for People on the Spectrum

    I don't know if it might help you, but in that moment I stopped trying to interpret myself and instead I self talked and really stopped to try to interpret or put a label on how I was feeling. For that situation : I started by "what's bothering?" (listing the specific points that would bother me...
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    Therapy for People on the Spectrum

    Also something that might be helpful for you if you work with asd people, make sure they interpret themselves correctly, especially if they have alexithymia. An example of what I mean : I need to go in the living room to paint (not draw, but paint), and I was feeling uncomfortable about it. My...
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    Therapy for People on the Spectrum

    - I walked away thinking they were weird and I needed to analyze them more to understand what they were saying and thinking because it was alien to me... For example, I was explaining that I needed to analyze social interactions in movies, and the woman told me "it's a waste of time, real life...
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    Comment by 'Els' in 'It's my Birthday'

    Happy birthday Giraffes :)
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    Not noticing physical issues/effects

    I have this all the time. I have tolerable/untolerable. Tolerable things happen in the background. I need to make an effort to become self conscious about those stuffs, otherwise they don't really catch my attention. I tend to eat too much because I'm anxious about getting untolerabily hungry...
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    Where Do I Fit In

    Although I might be wrong I think it's easier to live from art now with internet (?). I'm trying my chances as well, still struggling with digital. Hope we'll both end up living from what we like.
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    Where Do I Fit In

    Also, I don't know if that can help you but it's an observation I have on my own behaviour restrospectively - behaviour which didn't actually changed other than in appearance. When I was a kid at school I felt this deep loneliness only in the playgroud. In class I was doing mostly okay, I was on...
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    Where Do I Fit In

    Honestly when I was feeling lonely even being in a relationship didn't change that. I could spend one full week talking EXCLUSIVELY to my ex because there was no one else. I remember one day I told him that while crying because feeling I didn't fit anywhere. He couldn't get it, he had a social...
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    Where Do I Fit In

    I can't really help because I feel my loneliness a chance; after years of struggling to socialize I stopped and it's enjoyable. Yet, I felt how you feel quiet often before, isolement started in my childhood. Although I don't think I can say something clever about this situation - I used to...
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    Welcome to the Autistic Community!

    I found it great, thanks for writting it and the info provided. Congratulations for the work.
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    Transitional Objects

    The main issue I'm having is saving the teddy bears from my dog to be honest
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    Transitional Objects

    Oh, it's certainly the first time I hear the word "cool" used to describe this habit :D
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    Transitional Objects

    Most people find weird what they don't understand.
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    Transitional Objects

    I have my blanket around, I still sleep with the teddy bear. Hopefully I have about 10 of them still around (same model). I had so hard breakdowns when the teddy bear wasn't around that my parents bought me 20 of them to make sure there was at least one somewhere. So I still have a stock. I'm...
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    I think society has a problem

    If you're dealing with something like PTSD, it might be helpful to look into that. Sleep is extremely important and it affects your perspective on things, honestly, it's a basic need. There are pills to help sleeping which aren't addictive and to take ponctually. I've been prescribed anti...
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