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Recent content by Strong Sad

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    Diagnostic Question

    I’m being referred for diagnosis, and I have been asked to bring someone with me who can account for my early childhood. This is a bit of a problem; I’m 39 and the only people who are still alive or part of my life since childhood are my mom (who is mentally unstable and who I am not sure will...
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    "it's who you are and you cant change but also change or else"

    This is a great post. Working with my therapist, she has welcomed the possibility that I may be on the spectrum; however, she has also led me to reflect on how other forces in my life - intergenerational trauma, depression - are also acting upon me. ASD may be part of the picture, but not the...
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    ArticleS on Friendship and Aspieness?

    thanks, thinx. This is the perfect response! It is exactly what I need to learn to do. Thanks for remembering my situation and offering such thoughtful advice. I really appreciate it.
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    ArticleS on Friendship and Aspieness?

    Hi, I’m looking to find an article that really addresses the social/emotional challenges of being in a relationship/friendship with an aspie. I have had a relationship disintegrate for some time now, and I think it is large part because of the challenges that exist in an nt/aspie relationship...
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    Marriage, Trauma, Friendship and ASD: A Toxic Brew

    Thanks everyone for the thoughtful and supportive comments. As I am just starting to reflect on/embrace that asd may be the crux of the matter for me, these dialogues have been really important for sorting out who I am, what my reality is, and how to understand my relationships. many of your...
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    Marriage, Trauma, Friendship and ASD: A Toxic Brew

    A brief summary of my situation: 1. Married 10 years. 2 young kids; 2. Approx 2 years ago my partner was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery, chemo, rads and is still “recovering” 3. Through her treatment she lamented that while I served all her physical/material needs, she didn’t feel...
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    Newbie question: muted emotional responses?

    Yes. Exactly. It has been exceedingly rare for me to carry someone over from one stage of life to another, and if I have, it is likely that they have done the work (likely without me really noticing).
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    Newbie question: muted emotional responses?

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    Newbie question: muted emotional responses?

    don’t try to work towards that emotional detachment I describe. It’s actually pretty awful. It prevents legitimate connections with people, and that dampened non-feeling really gets in the way of, well, living.
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    Newbie question: muted emotional responses?

    Thanks for the response! It definitely gives me some things to consider. What you say about your husband fits with me. I’ve been actively trying to figure out “what I feel,” and it is a strange process - it has been helpful when a therapist gives me a sheet of emotions, because then I can point...
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    Newbie question: muted emotional responses?

    Hi All, I recently self-diagnosed as ASD and am now seeking a clinical diagnosis. Something that I have reflected on a lot as I have been re-evaluating my life (I think of it as being like a social/emotional anatomy of self) is what I would describe as the feeling of being emotionally muted...
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    Well, This Escalated Strangely...

    Thanks, everyone! I appreciate the warm welcome and the kind thoughts.
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    Well, This Escalated Strangely...

    Thanks for sharing, Shenandoah. Different good? Or just different? There have been signs all my life (I experience a number of the symptoms, relational feedback reinforces a diagnosis, I ACE the questionnaires lol), but I have chosen to ignore/devalue them because I have been “comfortable?” Now...
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    Well, This Escalated Strangely...

    Thanks for the reply, Free Diver! I have wondered about confounding data for my self-diagnosis - age, gender, depression, trauma. Maybe what I see in myself is the extreme consequence of male socialization, rather than ASD? Maybe I am enduring some midlife ennui, rather than ASD? My trauma has...
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    Well, This Escalated Strangely...

    Thanks for responding so kindly, I appreciate it, and your response really resonates with me. I’m torn between the idea of finding relief in a possible ASD diagnosis, and worry about what it might mean. But I feel like it might be the “missing link” for understanding myself, my marriage, and my...
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