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Recent content by John Parris

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    What being Aspergers means to me.

    Thank you. Yes absolutely!
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    What being Aspergers means to me.

    Thank you Tom. Yes, I agree about both overshoot and anxiety.
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    What being Aspergers means to me.

    Thank you Wolf Prince, definitely!
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    What being Aspergers means to me.

    Thank you Suzanne, hope he's happy with these replies!
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    What being Aspergers means to me.

    Thank you Catana, most interesting to see your examples.
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    What being Aspergers means to me.

    Thank you Progster, very interesting and informative.
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    What being Aspergers means to me.

    I've been struck by the difficulty we seem to have answering the question 'what is Aspergers?' So I thought I'd start a discussion by answering the question 'What Aspergers means to me.' Please feel free to comment – maybe put in words what it means to you! 'Hello. My name is John, I'm 70 and...
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    Shutdowns/Meltdowns---What are they? Do all adults with ASD have them?

    Looking back at my earlier life I remember a sometimes fragile balance between my need to fully think through and understand new experiences and the anxiety and panic I experience when faced with new data coming in too fast to do this. When I was younger it resulted in my frequent outbursts...
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    If cats and dogs don't have to eat vegetables why do I?

    Plan plan plan. One of my ways of managing is to plan and schedule so that when things get rough I have a way of keeps me going and to minimize my anxiety. Then I can calmly think through solutions to that rough bit. Try to plan ahead what meals you are going to have maybe for up to a week...
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    Anyone on the spectrum suffer through this too?

    Glad to see so many others have this problem! Our laundry is full of napkins, trousers (pants) and shirts where I regularly do this. Not to mention all the knives and forks dropped on the floor! I call these my silent-movie clown moments. This clumsiness affects so many things I try to say and...
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    8:45 a.m. May 6th. 2018, I'm not a morning person.

    8:45 a.m. May 6th. 2018, I'm not a morning person.
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    Hello

    Hi Anneb68, welcome. Can I just add 'me too' to Thinx's post.
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    Hi, I'm John Parris

    Thank you, tree
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    Hi, I'm John Parris

    Thank you Thinx, I think the last line spoken by Bogey at the end of Casablanca comes to mind!
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    Just wanted to ask some things

    Lots of good answers there (as always). I'll just talk about sex (that's about all I can do at 69!). I'm an Aspergers male for various reasons to do with anxiety and fearing upsetting or not pleasing my partner I'm NOT good at the male taking the lead approach. If it were me, you'd need to be...
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