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Recent content by Skids

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    Nearing 50 and pretty much done.

    Hey Jim. Thanks for your input. I take your points. I guess i'm just totally burnt out and need to find that replacement battery from somewhere and quick. Losing weight will help. What do foods with low glycemic index do, or what benefit do they have on the body? I'm sane. I just wonder if some...
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    Nearing 50 and pretty much done.

    Hello again you wonderful people. I haven't posted for ages and only generally do so when i'm looking for sage advice or hit rock bottom in life. Or both! I have Asperger's and was diagnosed in 2017 in my early 40's. I'm now 46, significantly overweight, don't want to do anything but stay home...
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    Help with changing the way i think

    Hello all. I wanted to check in to the forum again to ask for your wise views on an issue that is now making life not worth living. The dilemma on whether or not i have to accept that i must change the way that i think in order to get better and find some hope in life once more. I am a 45...
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    Autistic Opinion - Greta Thunberg ~ Autistamatic

    My concern for Greta is that she seems extremely driven and motivated for this one great cause but what will her resolve be when she eventually discovers that no amount of campaigning can ever change the selfish, greedy and myopic motivations of world leaders. Only the leaders of the world's...
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    Autism after 40.

    I am the same Progster. I got a degree from Lincoln Uni (UK) and refused to attend the graduation ceremony. I didn't see the point. I had completed my course and would receive my degree. The end. No need for ceremonies, stress, being forced to wear clothing i don't want to wear and just general...
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    Autism after 40.

    I think there are a lot of similarities on this thread from many of us and there's so much honesty from you all and some really interesting posts. I 'blended in' with society perfectly up until my early 30's when like a of people here, i started to suffer burnout. Although i didn't know it at...
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    You know you are autistic if -

    I'm just tired of ads full stop (or period as i believe you Americans say). I've never knowingly in 43 years purchased something because an ad told me to. Car ads are the worst. They spend millions on getting some posh bloke in a suit to cavort with a scantily clad woman whilst trying too look...
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    You know you are autistic if -

    When you see an advertisement flash up on an autism forum that says 'Love Island - Get the fashion collection now' and you just know 100% that it is in the wrong place.
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    Frustration about where i live.

    Interesting post Progster. Thanks. Commenting upon what yourself and shysnail touched upon regarding the less desirable seaside areas of the UK. You don't need to worry on that score. I know most of them and have experienced most of them too so i have my eyes fully open. Cleethorpes and Rhyl...
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    Asperger and anhedonia?

    Also i don't quite understand the evolutionary benefit to depression. Depression is a state of mind that can markedly influence your life choices so you might drink lots of alcohol, eat the wrong foods and become obese and thus getting health problems, being negative, avoiding social...
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    Autism and racism?…

    I totally understand the compulsion he has to pull people up on transgressing rules and regulations. I do the same due to my strong sense of right and wrong and if something is wrong, however minor that may seem to an NT person (black or white), to someone like myself or this guy their behaviour...
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    Asperger and anhedonia?

    This is exactly how i've felt for the past 15 years. It's pretty horrible and not something that is nice to live with. I've often thought it might be depression but a lot of the time i don't feel depressed. I'm just bored, lost and lacking any sense of purpose. I think perhaps it's a result of...
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    Aggressive, assertive or submissive?

    When i was younger i tended to be mostly aggressive but not for any of the reasons listed in the opening post. My aggression was mainly due to a build up of emotion or frustration at not being able to adequately assert my needs rather than any need to get my own way or prove myself. I had no...
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    Frustration about where i live.

    Tom i liked your post. It sounds like you have been fortunate to have been able to experience a variety of different locales due to moving around a lot. I do get to visit the coast but it's a 5 hour round trip just for the day which leaves me tired and barely able to relax properly and enjoy it...
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    Frustration about where i live.

    Thanks for your quick reply judge. Points taken, especially the 'grass is greener' conundrum. The only glimmer of hope i can see to ever moving is to move to the Scottish islands and i've been looking at the Orkney Islands. I've always been fascinated by the sea and remote islands and whilst...
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