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Recent content by -Matt-

  1. M

    Your favorite comfort food/beverage?

    Applesauce and cheese. Just independently though, not together.
  2. M

    Music: Who doesn't like it? No, really.....

    I don’t listen to or enjoy music. Does anyone else share the same feeling? I dislike music because: It’s auditorily complex. There are instruments and voices at the same time and that is messy. A cappella is fine, and an instrument alone is fine, just not mixed. The words are hard to...
  3. M

    Survey about behavioral or developmental disorders for a study

    Joel, Good question, and I was kind of vague. I would find it useful to track events and symptoms (mental and physical), which when combined with meltdowns/shutdowns or other significant periods of distress, would help one discover the causes. I can broadly say that "I don't like public...
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    Survey about behavioral or developmental disorders for a study

    I completed your survey. As one who is newly accepting of my old diagnoses: After 39 years of masking, it would be very helpful to have an app that prompts for input and helps build an autistic profile for you over time. It's hard to mentally collect data points, and it takes me a long time...
  5. M

    Anxiety making you flush.

    Yes and it's normal; however, propanolol (beta-blocker) seems to help me break the "I'm anxious, now my body is reacting, now I'm anxious because my body is reacting" cycle.
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    True or False

    False. You've been fishing in the ocean.
  7. M

    Hello!

    Thanks to all for the kind welcome!
  8. M

    Hello!

    Hello everyone! I was diagnosed with Aspergers in childhood, but I grew up in a family where mental illness was weakness. Some recent events led to me to therapy. Twice, actually: psychiatric hospitals and two different in-residence programs, and there I acknowledged my ASD and a bunch of...
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