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Recent content by Horseless Headsman

  1. Horseless Headsman

    Have you ever been told you're not autistic?

    Yes. My mother and brother have insisted that I do not have ASD. I'm 25 years old, and was diagnosed just two years ago, so this is a foreign idea for them. A lot of people have a stereotypical way of imagining what autistic people *should* look and sound like; as we know, AS doesn't quite fit...
  2. Horseless Headsman

    I have a bizarre problem that is ruining my life.

    No, that only means I've never had an allergic reaction to anything. When all of this started, it wasn't over an allergic reaction, just a sudden fear of the possibility that has lead me to the hell hole I'm in today.
  3. Horseless Headsman

    What are your stims?

    I have an incessant need to touch and tap everything I come across.
  4. Horseless Headsman

    I have a bizarre problem that is ruining my life.

    I did see my Primary Care Physician, who then referred me to the mental health facility in my county. The therapist there has been utterly worthless. She wants to diagnose me with Schizophrenia on the basis of being "paranoid of food" and that alone. She is aware that I have AS, but is trying to...
  5. Horseless Headsman

    What are your stims?

    Feet rubbing, feet shaking, knee bouncing, cheek chewing, eyebrow bouncing, knee bobbing while standing, whistling and clicking in my throat, face rubbing, folding my bottom lip out over my chin, and the most bizarre of all and my absolute favorite... The intense need and desire to stick...
  6. Horseless Headsman

    I have a bizarre problem that is ruining my life.

    Hello, Aspie Central. I'll begin with a brief introduction. My name is Michael, I'm 25 years old, and I have Asperger's Syndrome, although my therapist prefers to call it High Functioning Autism. I wasn't diagnosed with ASD until I was 24 years old, so needless to say, life has been...
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