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Recent content by FoxLovinPat

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    Sometimes you have to make up your own word

    I read that word of yours in Obi Wan's (Ewan McGregor's) voice because it reminded me of his line in Revenge of the Sith after he kills General Grievous with Grievous' own blaster since he temporarily lost his lightsaber. "So uncivilized!"
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    What do you wish your parents had done differently?

    Thanks. Though for further context, since I didn't give much in my previous post, I was aware of the adoption throughout the entire process as it happened when I was 4 so being told I was adopted wasn't the problem in my instance. The problem was being told that I was essentially only adopted...
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    What do you wish your parents had done differently?

    Oh a number of things but I'll keep it to a short list rather than go into full detail, and this isn't in any specific order. This is mostly on my father though as my mother was the more chill one. 1. Tried to better understand my Asperger's/Autism instead of just working with what he already...
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    Which subjects at high school made you most anxious?

    It's so refreshing to hear so many of you say that PE was one of the big classes you disliked.. I thought I was alone, everyone in my class seemed to have no problems with PE. Like seriously I struggled with everything, everything in PE even the basic stuff and I'd look around me and everyone...
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    Role Playing Game (4 to 10 players needed)

    Yeah, it's like I said in the group dm this can be tricky at times to coordinate online what with different time zones and schedules and what not. Plus what Misery said about the forums notifications not working as intended at times, tho I haven't seen much of that myself so I'll just take...
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    Funniest mistakes in items you bought

    I just thought of a couple of "mistakes" in some items I saw. Though I didn't purchase them myself, just saw them being sold at the store work at. But there was this giant Raccoon Plushie that didn't have the iconic striped Raccoon tail, it just had a solid colored tail. That's just how it was...
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    Funniest mistakes in items you bought

    Yeah that's a general trend with knocks offs, incorrect spelling/grammar in the package. This is most likely due to the fact that knocks offs are typically made in a foreign country so English won't be the primary language. As for why knocks offs come from foreign countries... Well it's super...
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    Digressed

    Dunno if you meant this as a question or not but I'll treating it as such.. My guess is it's probably a mix of those things as that's how it was for me. Yeah I feel you there, I've often felt the same I recent years due to my leg experiences. For be I lost my teenage years, was a recluse...
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    Autistic "Hyperfocus". How does it work?

    Yeah I got a lot of that too which is probably why my go to internal response is to think of myself as lazy, and I'm trying to charge that. Actually that's what the thread I keep teasing will delve into. So many things I was interested in were criticized as useless and a waste of time, and I...
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    Autistic "Hyperfocus". How does it work?

    Sorry am currently at work or others I wouldn't responded to this directly much sooner. I actually have heard about that, watched a video regarding it from an Autistic content creator on YouTube. I do remember thinking that it kinda sounded like it could apply to me but then also not at the...
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    Autistic "Hyperfocus". How does it work?

    Well that last comment was really due to me low self esteem getting to me. My brain was taking in your stories of how you were able to focus on x and be successful in it and decides to scream at me "Look at these other autistic people! They were able to focus on things and turn them into...
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    Autistic "Hyperfocus". How does it work?

    I'm begining to wonder if this thread was a mistake, because I'm hearing from some of you about how you managed to harness your "Hyperfocus" for good useful things, and yet here I am/was only really able to use mine on my special interests. What was I/am I doing wrong? Is it truly just down to...
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    Autistic "Hyperfocus". How does it work?

    I'll get into it more in that thread I hinted at wanting to post sometime soon but sadly that was often the case for me back in school. I'd just give up, thinking something along the lines of "What's the point if I'll get a bad grade even if I do try?" Maybe I was just being lazy, but that's...
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    Autistic "Hyperfocus". How does it work?

    That is actually part of my reason for making this thread, as I was curious if there were other autists who actually could turn their Hyperfocus on anything they set their minds to or if it was complete total bunk and it's only for things that interest us. Well something I didn't mention yet...
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    Autistic "Hyperfocus". How does it work?

    Thanks everyone for your responses. So what I'm gathering is that it does depend on the individual and that also "Autistic Hyperfocus" might not even be a thing.. except for maybe special interests. Tho that latter one seems a bit iffy so I probably should tread with caution on that one. I'm...
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