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    Feeling like other people know more than you do.

    Thank all of you for your replies! Also very nice explanations. Will read them again when there is less noise around me so I can truly take in what you guys are saying
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    Feeling like other people know more than you do.

    Title might seem a little strange so I will try to explain it. Eversince I was 16 (or atleast as far as I can remember, it might have been earlier) I have had this feeling like other people seem to know more than me but they act like they don`t. More specifically. Like I have an intellectual...
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    What do you do for a living?

    Yeah, most people see an old man cleaning the hallways of a school. And at the end of your day you give some life changing advice to one of the students or old students. And apparently we drink a lot of coffee. Now I`m not saying that does not happen, I have given some great advice for which...
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    Using people's names. Do you do it?

    Before learning more about autism and realising it is very very likely I`m autistic I had wondered about this using of names thing for years. It always seemed to odd to me why people felt the need to use my name when it is very clear they are talking to me. I never understood the need for it. I...
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    What do you do for a living?

    I`m a janitor. But not in the way many people think. I`m not like the old dude cleaning the floors like you see in american movies. My job is a combination of classic janitor work, social worker, Teacher's assistent. If you combine those 3 you pretty much have my job. It works well for me. I...
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    Losing yet another friend?

    Well, when a mommy and a daddy love eachother very much....... Sorry just a bad joke to a question no one on this forum can answer for you. No one knows why they are born. We might all just be born without a purpose. Or atleast most of us are. What you are going to make your purpose is the...
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    Fear: Do you experience fear in situations that are probably safe situations?

    Probably not. Looking at a picture is fine. But if there is a picture in a book of a snake I can`t even touch it without becoming very anxious.
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    If you could would you paint the walls of your house

    I prefer white walls. Maybe some sort of blue. But I don`t like anything else. I did have my walls black and red when I was younger. But can`t for the life of me remember why I wanted that. Our livingroom is white, and I like it that way. Because my wife prefers colors on the walls she could...
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    Fear: Do you experience fear in situations that are probably safe situations?

    Might be a funny one. My son has a silicone spider and snake. And I will never pick those toys up if I don`t have too. And when I really really need to. I grab the snake by the tip of the tail and quickly throw it away. I fill up with fear as if it was a really snake. Eventhou I know it is just...
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    Seeing people you used to know coupled up as well as having children

    Wondering if you would have been differen if your mother had taken folic acid will get to no where. If you would have taken a left turn instead of a right turn she might have ended up under a bus. Please consider this. As far as we know the number of autistic/ADHD or other neurotypical brains...
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    Uncontrollable fear and anxiety in learning to drive

    I do have my license and I got it pretty early on. But, it was a struggle to get. For me, the biggest part was not the driving itself but having someone next to you that is 'judging' you and is also talking while you are trying to keep track of everything going on on the road. I failed my exam...
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    Have you ever not liked someone at all and not wanted to be there friend but felt forced to?

    Not so much friends. But at work there are people who I really don`t enjoy being around. But I have to. Because we work together. Put on your profesional face and do it. Most of these people I only have to interact with every now and then. So that is not too bad. But our close team of 4 has 1...
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    Did you have tantrums when you were a child?

    I don`t remember I had tantrums. However. When I was 11 my teacher made lyrics about all classmates on blues brother music and the last part about me was (roughly translated from Dutch) "But sometimes he is also "BEEP" when he doesn`t get what he wants." I never asked my parents about it. They...
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    Do you feel socially exhausted?

    Like, all the time XD. I work at a highschool so I pretty much cannot avoid to socialize. On top of that, outside of maybe 1 hours a week (seperated over multiple moments) I`m never at home alone. My kids are basically always there when I am. We decided to do things like this so my children do...
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    When did you lose your last milk/baby tooth?

    I cannot remember when I lost my molars. But when it comes to my front teeth I was quite slow. At the age of 11 or 12 they had to pull the two big upper front teeth out because they would not come out on their own.
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