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Recent content by PrincessBubblegum

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    Some questions about stimming

    Thanks guys. :) Regarding the compulsive thing -- my son began what I believe is a stim the other day. It is definitely not dystonic or a tick, because I asked if he could stop for a second, and midway through it he stopped and smiled, then went back to it. (I only asked him if he could stop...
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    Some questions about stimming

    Thanks. :) I searched quite a bit before posting but maybe I missed the answers to these questions.
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    Some questions about stimming

    Hi all, 1. Is stimming a conscious act, or something you just find yourself doing and oftentimes don't even realize it? (For example, I would have said I don't stim, but just realized that the subtle leg/foot bouncing I often do, or the very subtle rocking back and forth when I'm completely...
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    Social Stories for Adults

    Does anyone use these or know of good resources?
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    Hi

    Haha, come for the autism, stay for the Adventure Time. :) Thanks for the welcome everyone.
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    Kids and antidepressants

    It's a tough decision. Even doctors cannot predict which antidepressants will work for each individual. From my experience (was prescribed Paxil at 30mg at 12 omg... then Zoloft, Cipralex, Ativan etc etc...) I would say: 1. get a second or third opinion, both on the treatment approach (meds to...
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    Your favorite videogames of all-time?

    I escaped into video games. I loved those worlds more than the real one. Final Fantasy VII & IX Dragon's Lair Tomb Raider I & II Spyro Crash Bandicoot Oldschool Sonic and Super Mario Gears of War Bioshock Silent Hill 3 Tekken Oldschool PC games like Commander Keen, Hocus Pocus and Jazz Jackrabbit
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    Difficulties in Learning to Drive

    I've never gotten my license. Let me put it this way: I drove a golf cart with my parents as a kid when no one else was around and was doing ok until I had to go down a confined curved path, panicked half way up and abandoned the cart on the hill. Since then, 20 years later, I am still...
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    Hi

    Hi everyone, I'm mid-20's and with an adolescent diagnosis of anxiety disorder and depression. Have been trying to treat that in various ways for over a decade unsuccessfully. I've always felt that it should have been a secondary diagnosis, but with selective mutism since I was a toddler...
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