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Recent content by H-Kath

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    Do NTs like wasting time? Kinda upset

    One reason you might want to do this is networking. Their parents might be making them do it for that reason, hence the phones. If you stay until someone else leaves you won't get the "leaving so soon?" Instead you'll look like you really care about dance and want to be part of the community...
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    Alexithymia video I found on YouTube

    For a very long time I struggled to understand what it meant to like something. I didn't realize I'm gay until age 36 and the end of a 14 year hetero relationship I was never enthusiastic about. I can't tell what my emotions are until they get extreme. My partner always picks up on what I'm...
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    Reason why I think I am on the autistic spectrum

    CW child abuse, disabled abuse Something to consider, when I contacted the clinic my insurance is willing to pay for there's a year + wait list and while the clinic acknowledges that there are people on the spectrum capable of getting married, holding, jobs, and raising children they refuse to...
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    Autism and jobs

    I wasn't overly stressed when I was a janitor, but the pay was awful. Aside from that I've enjoyed lab work and am working towards a research career. I just got rehired doing annotation for a laboratory phonologist (linguistics) which I'm happy about because it plays to all of my strengths...
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    Semi NT Aspie advice for salvage

    That's way too much texting. I've struggled a bit with this due to GAD. The thing that seems best is one message, 24 hours for a reply, a second message then nothing more unless they reply. If it's a friend I know well I'll check back in a month or so. Leaving her be sounds like the right call...
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    Demisexual - being a better friend

    Wow, this is just plain hateful. I'll go ahead and block.
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    Demisexual - being a better friend

    What's meant by love as a "deal?"
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    has anyone ever been to a cat cafe?

    It looks like we have two, and some of the cats are adoptable! (I can never never go there...we have three already.) One has yoga and painting, which I guess isn't any more bizarre than drinking coffee. We've had a used bookstore with resident cats for ages too. Seattle Meowtropolitan NEKO: A...
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    How To Regain Trust From Someone In The Spectrum

    She might not be able to trust you again. Depending on what you did, who she is as a person and what she's been through in life it might not be something she can risk again. If you want to try earn it you're going to have to show that you're the opposite of someone that would betray her trust...
  10. H-Kath

    "I'm Not Autistic Enough"

    You're not alone and you don't have to think about yourself in a way you don't want to. You've found people that make sense. Whether or not you do get a formal diagnosis, that's not something to give up. The shared experiences you've found here won't go away. You've found a community. I'm in a...
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    High IQ, but Unemployed?

    My partner's IQ is around 160. She was reading at 2. She has a CS degree and had a six figure job at Amazon when I met her. Unfortunately her family was so abusive growing up that she has a trauma disorder she was unaware of. The knew she was Autistic but made her wear a pager that could go off...
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    Depressed girl dates aspie guy

    This sounds a lot like rejection sensitivity, like you suddenly feel less valued by him and that's wrecking your self image. Were you abused, bullied or made to feel like you weren't good enough by people that were supposed to be there for you when you were younger? I just wonder if there's...
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    Should I tell my ex?

    Are you open about being autistic and aromantic? If you're visibly both on social media she has access to that information if she's curious. I just don't think that after she told you that she felt she was owed an apology that it's a good idea to contact her unless there's something you...
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    A&E's "The Employables"

    I think I'll watch it. I'm curious if there's something that could be adapted to help people get around the social aspect of job seeking and into roles they'll do well in.
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    Flat affect?

    When my partner's too upset to mask she can't modulate her voice at all. If she's scared she'll shout and sound angry. If it goes on for too long she'll go completely flat. When she's masking normal conversation is somewhat flat but her intonation is exaggerated in emotional speech.
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