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anxiety

  1. sisselcakes

    Boyfriend fixated on food and exercise

    Geez. It took me forever to figure out how to post a new thread. Okay. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. I suspect my boyfriend is HFA. He has a good number of ASD traits. One thing I didn't see was a hyper-focus or fixation on a particular subject, UNTIL the other night he...
  2. J

    Scared to go on first date

    Okay, I think I know what I'm going to do, but I still want some advice and opinions. I had another forum earlier about dating but this one's a little different. Basically, there's this guy I've liked for two years, and we've been good friends for those two years, and we finally decided to go...
  3. ASD_Geek

    Anxiety Attacks

    I know that others have posted on anxiety attacks but I was not able to see one in the past few years, so I decided to post here. Last night , I had my third anxiety attack. They happen about once a month or so and so far, they have been in the evenings. Last night I had a lot of coughing due to...
  4. M

    Self soothing behaviors from childhood to adulthood.

    What did you do to self-soothe as a child? Do you do this still? This is a mix of articles that expand on self-soothing in both NT's and people with autism: ....Early trauma, in infancy, childhood, or even before birth, is believed to influence the programming of the body’s stress activation...
  5. Datura

    I can't even...

    It's a cliche refrain, but quite germain to my present predicament. I have been unemployed and in therapy for months now, and I haven't made any progress. I decided that in order to ease myself back into the work force I would take some volunteer work at the local food bank. It seemed like...
  6. U

    Anxiety

    To counter anxiety I fixate on a visible object to describe it to myself repetitively. That takes the brain power out, and I have nothing else to worry about until I realizes how real is the situation. At that point my mind blanks, but then quickly I fixate again. If I do this before an event...
  7. J

    Not sure if I should date.

    I've been very anxious lately. There's a guy I've liked for like 2 years and we're good friends and hang out sometimes. Sometimes I go a bit far in my Aspie fantasies and think waaaay into our future even though we're not even dating. Problem is, I like him, and yet I feel like I don't want to...
  8. Billy S

    Aspergers, 17, Summer Job Hell... Help...

    So, I've finished my term at school and I've only got one more year till University. But now parents are really pushing for me to get a Summer Job. I am terrified. Since I have Aspergers, I'm incredibly anxious and confused about the entire prospect. I skipped out on my year 10 work experience...
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