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Recent content by howlingmadpanda

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    Stimming -- potential brain damage?

    I appreciate the responses, it's pretty interesting to hear other's anecdotes as I've not really talked to others on the spectrum all that much! As for college, I will have a single room, so a potential roommate won't be an issue. My uni's accommodations for those with disabilities are quite...
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    Stimming -- potential brain damage?

    Recently my anxiety has planted another, horrifying fear in my brain -- that my preferred mode of stimming may have detrimental effects on my brain. I think my mode of stimming is a little unique in that I developed it as a fully intentional means of processing and relaxing when I was about 12...
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    First proper social event

    As with most fellow "Aspies" (although according to DSM V no such thing exists) I am and have been socially inept for much of my life. For me I was never particularly disinterested in social interactions, it was simply that I always felt I had better things to do and until the past year really...
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    Dilemma of efamily gatherings - "Black Sheep"

    What I ask for is an assessment of my current situation and reccommendations (based on empirical evidence) of what I might do to remedy said issues detailed in what follows. Facts: To start out I am currently experiencing what one might call very unstable years that play an integral role in...
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