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Ken's latest activity
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Ken replied to the thread Sensitivity repeat exposure.This is very interesting. I never thought about the difference between anxiety and overstimulation. I am certainly familiar with... -
When I mentioned I felt bad for my cousins that my aunt also sexually molested, somebody from AA told me I did not care about my cousins...
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@Metalhead The quality of the group is dependent on the people who are in the group. Sounds like you're acquainted with an AA group...
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Try telling that to my last sponsor. I am the asshole because I am angry I was sexually abused as a child? I should forgive and let it...
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Telling me I have to make amends to people who sexually abused me when I was a child is taking that way too far.
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Seriously, people there telling me that because I am an alcoholic, I am automatically the biggest problem in any given situation...
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Some psychologists understand better than most do. If autistic people are their focus and they have listened to autistic people and...
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I got seriously hurt by exposure to computers. I tried to tough it out but repeated exposure to my work environment just about killed...
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I don't accommodate to sensory issues either. I can think myself into tolertating it, but all the cost is still there and will catch up...
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Ken replied to the thread Sensitivity repeat exposure.Electric isn't so bad, but the gas powered leaf blowers is totally intolerable for me. Also gas powered chain saws. I absolutely have to...
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Does anyone’s sensitivity’s ever get less with repeat exposure? I have always heard that, but it’s not true for me. For me, repeat...
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I've definitely seen adults who do this. I can't even fathom how to get through to people like that.
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That is my experience once I left school and got out in to the real world. In general most people recognise high intellect and will...
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Ken replied to the thread The Good Student?.I never got a free pass as a child. I still suffer lots of PTSD’s from my childhood. I grew up in the mid 1950’s and 1960's. Autism was...
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My mind does not work serially but I experience a similar difficulty (at least: the outcome is similar -- I miss or mishear some key...
