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Recent content by SusanLR

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    Why do people always seem so happy and positive in social settings?

    Good advice. Who made these social rules? Why are we so eager to follow the rules? There must be some reason we try to be people pleasers. Something we want to get out of doing things we don't even want to. A desire to be accepted or fit in for...? That answer will be different for each...
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    My social interest is now Astronomy

    I take time to read about astronomy and the latest physics every night before I do anything else online. It is one of the most interesting topics to read and the photography abilities we now have are beautiful. When I was in college, the astronomy professor and science department had what were...
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    Why do people always seem so happy and positive in social settings?

    So it seems. NTs get a happy high from congregating. Psychs will say it is so, and necessary for mental health. It's promoted on TV commercials and ads. I guess I'm more like Hello Kitty. Neutral emotions with no mouth. Hiding in plain sight!
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    The last thing you bought?

    I use rubbing alcohol and a cloth. It's cheap and always have some in the medicine cabinet anyway. Works good for residual sticky glues. Last thing I bought was a pair of Agowoo hiking sandals. Very comfortable and can be worn anytime in Florida.
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    Has my “time” come so to say?

    I'm truly happy to hear this @Markness . Go for it. Carpe diem!
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    Sometimes I really worry about becoming homeless

    I know the feeling well. As long as I was half-way healthy and lived with my parents there was no planning for tomorrow. I worked and made fairly good money which went to the family group and was usually used up quickly. Especially when health problems hit hard as my parents got older. Dad...
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    I'm new here and I thought maybe this could be a cure for me.

    I was diagnosed age 56 and wish I had known sooner. The diagnosis, along with finding the forum, really helped me make sense of my life and all the things that made me feel the alien syndrome too. Better late than never though. There is some good advice and information on this thread already...
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    Photos from a week in India

    And he was not able to build the Black tomb for himself, which would have been identical. Mumtez Mahal was actually accompanying her husband, the Shah, in battle when she died from postpartum hemorrhage after 30 hours of childbirth. It would have been her 14th child. There are so many...
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    Photos from a week in India

    Thanks for posting these wonderful photos. The Taj has a very sentimental memory for me. I love that famous Shiva statue and the snake charmer is great. Yes, don't pat the Holy Cow! Everything stops for them. This is a poem I created in a dream of the Taj Mahal. What is Eternity "Won't...
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    Northern lights anybody?

    I haven't seen the Milky Way since 1981 after moving to Florida. Too many city lights around. I could see it in Missouri. The weather report said we are too far south to see the Northern Lights. Even with this huge solar storm.
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    Kangaroos

    I've never seen a Magpie in real life. Would like to because I feel a connection with birds. The Magpies would probably like me. We have Bald Eagles around where I live, and I've had them land on tree branches just above my head. Never aggressive and beautiful. Peregrines and Osprey too...
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    Buying things you don’t need

    The man I moved in with in 2012, I discovered was the hoarding sort. I found cases of Sunscreen and bottles of aftershave in the garage that had expired and he didn't want to get rid of them. Think of the Florida heat and what it would do to them too. Expired sunscreen is probably no good even...
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    Buying things you don’t need

    I'm very "frugal." It's really hard to let go of the money to buy things. Some people are the opposite. It is a compulsion with them. One sugar scrub is alright and healthy for your skin. Twenty? A different aroma for each day maybe? It can turn into hoarding. Just think of those excess...
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    Autism in the Media

    Very well done. Indeed.
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    Looking for help/info for condition

    I just replied to the thread on Thought Overload, and as you can see there, I'm the extreme opposite. Extreme hyperphantasia. Like a photographic memory and visualization is mainly how I process. Same with music and vocal recall. It's a wonder I know which one is my own thought sounds, but I...
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