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Recent content by Raven4444

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    When nts make you feel like an alien

    Becoming detached and feeling like you are observing yourself from outside is a perfectly normal response to anxiety.
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    What are your feelings about Valentine's Day?

    It hasn't affected me for many years as I have been single. I am puzzled this year as received a Valentine's card from someone I just split up with. I feel I should be annoyed but actually feel warm inside even though no intention of getting back with him.
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    Clothes: What you can/can't stand

    Those of you for whom pressure helps, PLEASE tell me what you wear in the Summer! I'm desperate for ideas but also get too hot very easily. Added to light sensitivity it's another layer of misery for three months a year.
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    Can't stand Asperger's has a "high functioning" connotation

    Quoting Cygx: "When I talk, I have to say random things that don't properly reflect what I'm thinking at all, just for the sake of being fluid with my speech." OMG I was saying this last week- how people say how articulate I am and I'm thinking but none of that's what I actually meant to say...
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    The cost of self awareness

    It sounds like other people are using your Aspie label to invalidate your opinions/reactions. To me,that's a problem in them.
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    Parental Acceptance Struggle with Aspergers

    I was diagnosed a couple of years ago- aged 41- and my Mum won't believe it. It really hurts because she keeps saying she doesn't understand why I can't do things, yet won't accept the explanation or read about autism because she says it's nonsense and overdiagnosed and she would have noticed...
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