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Recent content by Nonny

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    Obsessions?

    You might look into limerence.
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    Thank you and good night

    Thank you all. You’re very kind, which is one thing I like and admire in this group, and understanding, which is another. Thank you for trying to make me feel like there’s no pressure. I do appreciate it. I’ll try to take it to heart.
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    Thank you and good night

    I don’t have such an inflated sense of my own importance that I think any of you would care much about this, but it just seems like the polite thing for me to do. I had spent some time reading the threads and often wanted to join the conversations with questions or to share my perspective (to...
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    Do autism 'experts' really think that we have little or no empathy??

    I recently had reason to go looking for a better understanding of AS. It might be worth noting that I don’t think I have AS. What I turned up with an initial google search led me to think that AS is characterized by a lack of empathy (ergo an inability to love or even care about others?). I’ll...
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    Someone I care about may have AS. Would you kindly share your perspectives?

    Thank you again, for sharing and for your kind sentiments towards me. Your responses are exactly why I think this would be so rewarding for him. I will continue to mull it over and to take any other perspectives or advice into consideration. I may not give an update about what I decide so as to...
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    Someone I care about may have AS. Would you kindly share your perspectives?

    Thank you for giving your time and attention to share your perspective and offer advice. I am being very careful not to offer any information that I think would violate his confidence, privacy, or anonymity, but I will add that I’m not a boss or supervisor. I might reframe the question a bit...
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    Someone I care about may have AS. Would you kindly share your perspectives?

    We were discussing issues that have been troubling him. He casually, and in passing, mentioned that some people thought he had Aspergers as he was comparing himself to a friend whom he thought definitely has it. He also told me that he has a close family member who has it, so I think he’s pretty...
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