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Recent content by TheSaltyStray

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    Chronic Insomnia

    Be honest and transparent about your anxiety and struggles. I know it feels like bureaucratic BS but keep jumping through the hoops until you get the help you need.
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    The last thing that panicked/scared you...

    Guns. I had my PTSD so greatly triggered, I attempted suicide and ended up hospitalized for a bit. I am doing better with better counseling.
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    Chronic Insomnia

    Sorry for the delay in response. I am sleeping much better since restarting Prazosin, at higher doses, for PTSD. I will probably forever have issues.
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    Chronic Insomnia

    I'm back to sleeping only 2-3 hours at a time. I fully sympathize with those that struggle with sleep. @Rasputin as we age, humans tend to have less of a satisfactory sleep cycle and range. Aging & Sleep Information - National Sleep Foundation If I make it past what I am going through, old...
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    The school called...

    I too cut my own hair has a kid, often. I still prefer to cut my own even as an adult.
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    Sense of Justice

    I think some ASD folks are happy living with rules, even strict ones. We thrive off it sometimes. What leaves rules to interpretation is an individuals moral compass and that subjectively looks different for everyone. My children's dad has recently broke a very strict law regarding personal...
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    Wild Fermentation

    I grew up gardening, canning and pickling. I would like to eventually have a small sustainable farm again but that seems like a pipe dream currently. I would love to raise quail, rabbit and chickens along with a produce garden, small orchard and berry patch. My travels have diversified my...
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    Hi, Aspie Writer here!!

    @eriley74, how do you stay on task when writing? I get overwhelmed with anything but poetry or prose. I have written "character maps" and some dialog but find it hard to commit to a long term view of a story. I've been encouraged all my life to write, I just dont know where to start that the...
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    Have you "outgrown" any ASD-related behaviors?

    Have you tried a local bible group to possibly fill this need? I am sorry it makes you feel sad to be missing out on that interaction and activity.
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    Strange things that you eventually understand

    I've always thought I was the problem and not the solution.
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    Do you have problems with chores too or is it just me?

    I am using this on my 4 y/o next time he slams a door. Thank you!!!
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    Strange things that you eventually understand

    That people actually have and use a "poop knife." I have been scarred since reading that it is a relatively common thing. Who the hell NEEDS a poop knife, let alone a communal one?!?! What do they eat?!?!
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    Have you "outgrown" any ASD-related behaviors?

    I am still a word for word reader and will not/cannot skim read something. Good to know I share this with others and that I never let it discourage my love of reading. I have gotten better with eye contact but still struggle at times. I feel ashamed because people think I am trying to hide...
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    Do females on the autism spectrum emulate other females?

    I redact what I previously posted. After reading the articles that @Mia posted, I absorb/mimic more that I like to admit or that I am aware of. I pick up accents easily and have used others preferences in social settings as my own, just to fit in. I mask a lot and really, deeply, identified...
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    ASMR

    This is the only ASMR I have found that I have enjoyed and gotten tingles from
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