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Recent content by Ken

  1. Ken

    My plan of action against pervasive discontent.

    I have to say, I'm very impressed. You figure out the problem, then figure out the solution. That's how success always works.
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    Sensitivity repeat exposure

    Thank you so much for that excellent explanation. I don't think I "confused" them. I just wasn't clear on the definitions. Still learning!!
  3. Ken

    Sensitivity repeat exposure

    This is very interesting. I never thought about the difference between anxiety and overstimulation. I am certainly familiar with anxiety, can you give some examples of overstimulation to help me learn the difference?
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    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 have an escape.
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    Sensitivity repeat exposure

    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 sensitivity exposures always makes it worse. It keeps exaggerating the sensitivity until it becomes traumatic. Just wondering, am I the weird one or do any of you...
  6. Ken

    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 never heard of where I grew up. I was simply diagnosed as retarded, but there was no tolerance for that. During that time as a child, all I got was "nuked". I...
  7. Ken

    What was the last movie you watched?

    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Trailer - YouTube Incredible movie. I had no idea. Watched it twice in a row.
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    The Good Student?

    What is OTOH? Also, I never, ever experienced any social "free pass" - ever. Quite the opposite. I was never diagnosed as autistic. I was diagnosed as retarded, but there was certainly no free pass with that either. I was diagnosed as mentally retarded, because no one in my area knew...
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    Cherokee

    I'm so sorry to hear that. Similar to my life situation. We were eventually evicted and had to move away. That was decades ago, but I was never able to get a house in the country again. Now I live in a densely populated neighborhood. So, I now provide food and shelter to many "wild" animals. I...
  10. Ken

    Should Historical Films be Accurately Portrayed?

    I do like a few historical movies where the people the movie is portraying is shown or interviewed at the end of the movie. While they are not perfectly accurate, it "feels" more credible than otherwise. Examples: Catch Me if You Can and The Best of Enemies While I realize that neither of...
  11. Ken

    Cherokee

    I really feel for you. Much of your feelings, what you loved to do, but is now disrupted parallels my early life. I loved to be alone with my friends out in the back yard, back fields and my favorite place - an abandoned gravel quarry. It still amazes and disappoints me how it seems that...
  12. Ken

    An Autistic World

    Thank you @grommet for that. Holy Krap!!! Such a perfect communication. Made me cry. Everyday I suffer communication frustration. It feels like no one understands what I'm saying nor can I understand what anyone else is saying. It's a constant struggle. Most NT's communicate in fragmented and...
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    Should Historical Films be Accurately Portrayed?

    I think the problem boils down to the fact that Hollywood is a business and the business is entertainment. For the most part, accurate portrayal of history would not entertaining - or at least entertaining enough for their profit margin. Thus Hollywood must make it more entertaining in order...
  14. Ken

    An Autistic World

    Electric hand dryers, hair dryers, etc. would be fine as long as they were designed to be quiet. Yes, that is indeed doable.
  15. Ken

    An Autistic World

    Actually, I considered your pre deleted post to be factual instead of "negative". I did not consider it to be offensive.
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