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Recent content by godofthunder24

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    Difficulty finding the words

    It brings on a lot if anxiety in these social situations and when I do speak and the attention turns to me it increases my anxiety.
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    Difficulty finding the words

    For me the inability to speak, interact and show some empathy/interest in the subject of the conversation makes me mad and unhappy at the same time. Mad, because I have things I want to say but can't express them, and sad because I think people think I'm uninterested in the subject, being...
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    Difficulty finding the words

    Thanks. I seem to be caught between saying nothing or saying something out of context or more likely saying something that doesn't show any empathy or any hint that I'm engaged in the actual subject of the conversation which of course I never really am unless it's something thats about a...
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    Difficulty finding the words

    Thanks and yes that's exactly what I meant.
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    Difficulty finding the words

    Can anybody see anything they can concur with in the following and is this a typical autistic trait? I have problems formulating what I want to say in general conversation. If someone was to ask me a question about myself or something factual I have no problem e.g. what did you have for dinner...
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    Hi

    Hi, my name is Ian. I'm 48 and undiagnosed. Aspergers seems to encompass quite a bit of what I consider to be different about me. My son is now 4 and I identify a lot of me in him. I struggle a lot with speaking what I want to say but I need to help my son and I think a diagnosis for me...
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