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Recent content by MaeveTheRaven

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    Feeling assaulted by sounds

    For me, a single loud sound (like a metal concert or a lawn mower) is not that big of an issue, it's multiple different noises at once that is. My dad has some noise cancelling headphones he uses in the shooting range, so I usually borrow one of those. Right now we're holding a family...
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    Won’t eat!!!!

    Have you tried to use a hand blender to make other foods to be yogurt texture? Maybe blend them with yogurt, so the taste will be similar?
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    In what ways do you, specifically, differ from the stereotypical perceptions of autism?

    I don't have a problem with food texture. I can read people and determine the nature of their reaction to what I just said. (20 years of practice, but I can!) So I know when I say or do something they don't like. I love fiction. My voice is not monotone (though it sometimes is out of place). I...
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    Anyone else anxious around more severe Autistics/Aspies?

    The only things that make me nervous when people start to talk to me or stand too close to me or touch me without my consent. I'm that kind of person who avoids eye contact and keeps a distance. I like my little bubble and definitely don't like it when people try to get inside. I'm not really...
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    Overwhelming Melt-down Question

    So. Thankfully my meltdowns are relatively rare and far in-between, but still horrible, so I kind of know what you're talking about. The triggers are totally random. Today I noticed I was more sensitive to noises, sounds and lights than usual and I felt kind of tense, but the final trigger was...
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    HTML and CSS coding?

    I did some basic web coding in my last few semesters in university, HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap, WebGL. It can be fun, but I think it's not my favourite programming field.
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    If You Were...

    Color: dark violet or bright turquoise - those are the colours closest to me. Tree: oak or spruce - the trees in my favourite forests. Flower: thistle - they are all around our fields, also they are healthy. Animal: definitely a cat. Or a raven. - I mean I already act like a cat, and ravens...
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    I keep on accidentally being mean

    Yeah, all the time. I almost never try to be intentionally mean to people, I just say things that would definitely not offend me. Well, turns out, my not-offensive-things are not the same as people's not-offensive-things. I'm still trying to figure out the logic behind it.
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    Remembering names.

    I always have a hard time remembering names and faces.
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    Stimming - substitute for rubber bands?

    @Gracey Yes, I did try that, I just kept on picking with my short nails. xD Or scratching my scalp. I had a few years when every time I saw a mirror I compulsively started to squeeze my pores. I kind of managed to get over that (I went about 250 days tracking and marking the appearance of the...
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    Stimming - substitute for rubber bands?

    Thanks for the tips, everyone! Yeah, I'm in the progress of looking into stimtoys. Right now I have tons of stress balls and a handmade necklace with a stone, a pinecone, an acorn and a little bell. That kinda works, but I tend to forget to use it. Sleeve bands indeed seem to be a good idea, I...
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    Stimming - substitute for rubber bands?

    Hi everyone! In my mid-teens I picked up a quite unhealthy stimming habit: picking, squeezing and scratching my face, my shoulders, my chest and kind of anything that is in my hand's reach. I've been doing this for so long that it became totally unconscious, and I'm doing it a lot, so I started...
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    Shapeshifters?

    Yup, and then exception handling with try-catch-finally.
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    Names

    For me, I think it's the association. If I have any kind of relation to the person, I can learn their names and faces. If it's used in association with them. In ten minutes I'm going to an interview where the interviewers are people I've kind of upset by not being able to connect their given...
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    How do your interests come?

    School does not really leave me much time for interests, but here are some: - Hiking and nature. Especially mountains and forests. If I have time, I go for longer hiking trips with my friends or alone. I can also recommend performance hiking (I don't know if that's a thing abroad at all), it...
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