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Recent content by Matt88360

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    Bolting from church

    I considered that, but it ultimately seems like a waste of time. All social things are painful for me. So while adding small amounts of pain would make the more severe pain to be less severe, I wouldn't necessarily have a net loss of pain. I'd just have more of the moderate pain instead of less...
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    Everyday issues becoming overwhelming when involving people

    Unfortunately I don't have any advice on how to make it better, but I can relate to obsessing over small stuff, and being very bothered when things aren't quite "right." I left a post in another forum about the difficulty I have attending Mass. If something is "off" somehow (a misbehaving...
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    Bolting from church

    Thank you! Yes! "Generic fellowship." That nails it down perfectly. Just the very fact of existing in a society with other people, and having to do things among them, is itself offensive. I don't wish these people ill or anything, but I can't stand their presence. And they don't care at all. At...
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    Bolting from church

    Today my mother wanted to go to church to pray for a specific intention, so I offered to go with her. We waited for several minutes before the Mass began, but the social stress was too much for me to handle, so I had to leave. I told her I would walk home, but she offered to leave with me...
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    Sexual Contradictions

    One feature of Asperger syndrome is the inability to easily understand emotions and motivations. In the sexual realm, this is causing me some difficulty, and has been for some time. Here's the thing. I am homosexual, but that's not the issue. The issue is that some things that appear to be...
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    My Ancestry

    *Returns.* On second thought, it got terrible reviews on Amazon. And it costs a lot of money. Well, that was a fun few seconds.
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    My Ancestry

    Oh, that is so damned cool. I'm totally doing this right now. *Leaves.*
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    Do you Really Have Friends???

    Having scanned through this discussion, it sounds like I'm a good deal more isolated than everyone else here. I never once had a friend. I had opportunities before, but passed them up for lack of interest. I only tried to make a friend once, about eight years ago, during a nervous breakdown...
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    Is this an Asperger's thing?

    This sounds a lot like experiences I've had. I can't say I recall a time when my reaction was taken to that degree, but I know all too well the feeling of being overwhelmed. Clearly normal people can get overwhelmed with things, but it probably happens more with us. Does this sound like a fair...
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    Special interest in philosophy?

    Thanks! The titles are Latin, but the books are written in English. Chronologically, they are: 1. Recapitulatio Thomistica (501 pp., 2010). 2. Scriptum super libros Sententiarum (507 pp., 2010). 3. Expositio Aristotelicum (2 vols., 2011). 4. Commentaria in Novo Testamento (3 vols., 2012). I...
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    Special interest in philosophy?

    Oh thank God! There are other Thomists on here. One thing I've noticed about the people on here is that, personal intelligence aside, most of them are not any better at formal logic than the average man on the street. I must admit it surprised me, because of all the stereotypes about AS people...
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    Talking to yourself?

    I think just about everyone talks to themselves somewhat, but I suppose we do it more. I do debates, interviews, and conversations with myself. The conversations help to combat the loneliness. It's social activity without the unpleasantness of other people.
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    The Intelligence Question

    Yes, the education system is dreadful for any number of reasons. Not to sound arrogant, but it's very pedestrian. There's very little room within the education world, from elementary school to graduate school, for real brilliance to work its magic. This reminds me of a quote from Edward Gibbon...
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    The Intelligence Question

    Yes, it's definitely true that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, as the old saying goes. I get ideas all the time that could potentially give rise to incredible things, but lack the time, commitment, or interest to develop them further. And I'm sure I'm not...
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    The Intelligence Question

    Wow, these are some excellent responses. Thanks for your contributions; it's definitely given me some things to consider. The main consideration that I like is how intelligence is perhaps too broad to be considered as one category. I know this myself from my own experience. I took the Wechsler...
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