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Recent content by JoyChaos

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    Do you admit to having an obsession with a color?

    yeah its the color teal and min. those two are my goto colors right now
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    Comment by 'JoyChaos' in 'im misunderstood even by autistics'

    yeah genetics is a strong determining factor. i'm sure i got it from my father, but more i think about it, maybe my mom too.
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    Comment by 'JoyChaos' in 'Masking...emotional dysregulation.'

    i did get my test results back and they say i am autistic. kind of surprised but also screaming "I told you soooooooooooo!!!" from rooftops
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    Comment by 'JoyChaos' in 'Masking...emotional dysregulation.'

    this sounds like something i could do. baby steps
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    Low bloodsugar and increased stimming?

    this is something im rather interested in finding out if its just me or all diabetics. When my bloodsugar is low i rock, flap, twist and twirl my hands and fingers more and more intensely. I am curious of other type 1's and type 2's experience this. particularly if you mask normally and this...
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    Extreme self absorbance and even narcissism in parents?

    no. i considering my parents ND. My father probably is the one who might of passed on autism to me as he has with his other daughter and his grandson. and my mom i want to say she was perhaps OCD, but im really not sure. its only speculation. but them being narcs. no. emotionally abusive sure...
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    Comment by 'JoyChaos' in 'Masking...emotional dysregulation.'

    thank yoiu for this long and thought out response. you are right, expressing some more wild emotions wouldnt be proper even if i were NT. Though to be fair, american culture is emotionally constipated. and finding a room to feel comfortable in sounds like a good idea, but i mostly need to...
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    Let's Talk about Stimming

    -biting the skin off my lips -bouncing my leg -crossing my legs -finger flicking/twitching -flapping -humming -swaying from side to side -tip toe walking?? would that be a stim? -rubbing the buttons on my jacket -picking the sleep out of my eyelashes -picking cuticles -tangle and cubes...
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    Masking...emotional dysregulation.

    for those of us who didn't get diagnosed till late, or those of us who are actively trying to "Pass". do you ever feel like you are holding the real you back? like there's basically a whole other person who acts in ways the fake you would never in a million years act like? like in my mind i...
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    Does anyone associate numbers with specific colors?

    i havent really thought about it, but yeah. 3 is green. 2 is red 1 is yellow 4 is blue 8 is purple 7 i always thought of as gold
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    Comment by 'JoyChaos' in 'im misunderstood even by autistics'

    a lot of people in the group said they were born late and are autistic. i think pregnancy complications in general is one indicator. i know its genetic. but there are other things that trigger the gene right?
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    How does eye contact 'feel" for you.

    i go between staring at someones eyes and avoiding their eyes. i only look at their eyes when theyre not looking back. for me eye contact makes me feel static/distracted. its not something that causes me pain but it does bring me discomfort in another way.
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    Comment by 'JoyChaos' in 'im misunderstood even by autistics'

    my mom often called me "special" like she knew something i didnt. im sure she did. hence why im getting an adult diagnosis
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    Personality Type (Myers-Briggs)

    INFJ Introvert(66%) iNtuitive(12%) Feeling(25%) Judging(9%) You have distinct preference of Introversion over Extraversion (66%) You have slight preference of Intuition over Sensing (12%) You have moderate preference of Feeling over Thinking (25%) You have slight preference of Judging over...
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    Comment by 'JoyChaos' in 'im misunderstood even by autistics'

    thank you guys for not being daft... that insulted the hell out of me. cuz im preme and i think i might have a little brain damage cuz oxygen supply but wow, it was said in a way that i was considered less than.
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