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Recent content by HarleyMama

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    A list of suitable and unsuitable jobs

    Lol if only I'd known...
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    A list of suitable and unsuitable jobs

    Unfortunately, the Army is neither structured nor predictable. It's loud, illogical and chaotic. The rules aren't actually rules, they're guidelines - FRUSTRATING! To be successful in a career there is a lot of required social tight rope walking. I'm not even talking about deployments. Active...
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    "Super sniffer"

    Any one else notice they can smell things others can't? Beyond the normal sensitive nose... I was trying to explain to my husband that our son doesn't smell sick, so I'm starting to wonder if he has a food allergy. And before I've been able to smell that the virus he got was "weird" (aka knew...
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    A list of suitable and unsuitable jobs

    For the list of unsuitable jobs: US Army.
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    How Do Kids With Asperger's Look At Parents?

    Lol you can stop wondering, this is exactly right. For us there is no difference. You're mad and loud and I'm going to shut you out and shut down. For my brain, you may as well be shouting. This is normal for Aspie's.
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    When saying "I'm sorry" doesn't feel like enough

    I'm not sure if this would help, but I like the script.
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    Personal identity

    I really like the way you look at it dogwood tree. It is kinda freeing.
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    Personal identity

    I'm 25, female, and just recently found out in an aspie. I'm discovering that many of what I thought were My personality traits are actually aspie traits. I'm not really sure how I feel about this or where it leaves my concept of self. How did those of you diagnosed as adults handle the mental...
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    How your obsessions affect you

    This! Exactly! My diagnosis literally saved our marriage. We couldn't fix what we didn't know.
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    What do you consider being "needy"?

    It seems to me that I find an NT to be "needy" when their need for contact and emotional *stuff* is do great that I'm overwhelmed. It's hard to balance meeting their needs with my own need for space and quiet. It takes a lot of energy for me to deal with NT emotions. I've noticed that I often...
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    Coping when partner is struggling

    I have found it helpful to ask my husband how he likes to be comforted and try to do that. But it's still hard and I usually don't feel like I'm doing it right. I, like some of the others have mentioned, struggle with guilt, wanting to fix it, and getting too caught in my own emotions top be...
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    Handling stress at work

    I'm wondering what everyone else does for this. My job is definitely not aspie friendly and sometimes I have issues coping. Sorry if there's already a thread, I'm new and couldn't find it.
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    If There Was One Thing About Being An Aspie That You Wished NT's Would Understand, What Would It Be?

    This causes me problems with my NT husband as well, I don't understand wanting "nice" things. The one thing I wish NTs knew would probably be that I am trying. It seems difficult for them to tell when I'm making an effort to get along in their world.
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    Problems with phones

    I hate hate hate talking on the phone. Even when I plan out what I'm going to say it's horribly uncomfortable.
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