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Recent content by etbe

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    Most Aspie-friendly places to visit or live?

    Climate is an issue of personal preference, I prefer cool but some prefer hot. London is bad for Aspies, I think that the rumors of English people being tolerant of eccentric people only apply to high status people and people who are well known in their community. Dutch people are generally...
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    Asperger's and childish behavior

    I wonder how many NT teenagers watch such cartoons but are better at concealing the fact.
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    ????? Am I Correctly Aiming For Girls In My Own League ????? --Assuming leagues exist--

    The difference between the women in your first post seems mostly related to the amount of effort they spend on their appearance. If you want to date a woman who spends an hour a day at the gym and a minimum of 45 mins applying make-up before leaving home then that's OK, but you have to be...
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    Question for those who have been "officially diagnosed"

    The diagnostic process is applied differently by various psychologists. When I was diagnosed it was a ~6 hour process done in a single day, basically an entire day of assessment with a couple of breaks. But I know people who have been diagnosed in as little as 30 mins. The diagnostic process...
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    Talk Therapy Not Working?

    JamesBond: I don't think that talk therapy is a waste of time, merely that it's useless and damaging if the psychologist doesn't realise that they are dealing with AS and/or Alexithymia. If the psychologist knows what issues they are dealing with and knows how to deal with them then I think...
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    aspie.ninja

    A funny new domain I've just bought a new domain, not sure what I'll do with it. I've put links to my blog etc in there while I'm thinking about it. Any suggestions?
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    Being a bisexual Aspie

    Focusing on school is a good thing. Also you might want to investigate whether there's some sort of group for GLBT people around your age. Having people to talk to about GLBT issues is usually a good thing. It might be good for you to find some people who are a few years older than you, so they...
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    Talk Therapy Not Working?

    Alexithymia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Wikipedia page for Alexithymia is worth reading. One thing it says is "psychosomatic illness or substance abuse is frequently exacerbated should these individuals enter psychotherapy". Finding anecdotal evidence to support that claim is easy if...
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    Asperger's and childish behavior

    When I was in high school in the 80's it was fairly common for teenage girls to have teddy bears, sometimes they took bears to school. They had to do it as a cute feminine think not as a scared little kit thing (just a social agreement as to how we were to interpret it). Among the geek...
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    How can I get my Aspergers son to get a job? Wits end.

    I think drug use is the biggest problem here. Regardless of neuro-type people who smoke dope frequently end up doing nothing useful with their lives. Someone suggested involving the legal system, in some countries that might work but in more repressive countries like the US that would be a...
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    Why am I being refused diagnosis?

    Psychologists have various ideas about how to run an assessment. Part of it is due to the reason for it. If they are assessing a child then the aim will be to develop suitable education plans and get disability funding from the government. That means they want to avoid giving a false diagnosis...
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    Excessive teasing advice gratefully received.

    Maybe not all high schools are violent, but most are. If you assume that things are just going to be ok then probably bad things will happen. If you accept that there is a probability of bad things happening and develop plans to avoid, mitigate, and recover then things will probably work out a...
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    "Bad" people

    There doesn't seem to be a clearly accepted difference between sociopath and psychopath. The words are often used interchangeably.
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    How Do Kids With Asperger's Look At Parents?

    Some Suggestions for Parents of Aspies « Russell Coker's Documents I've written an article with some suggestions for parents of Aspies. It's based on my own experience and that of other people on AspiesForFreedom (a forum that has since been shut down). If anyone has any suggestions for...
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    Being a bisexual Aspie

    Rumor has it that bisexuality and pansexuality are more common among Aspies than NTs. But given that the Kinsey report apparently says that ~25% of males are bisexual (as opposed to the ~1% of the male population who identify as bi/pan) it seems likely that Aspies are just accepting things about...
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