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    Article - 4 Socially Awkward Pitfalls of Group Conversations

    Saw this in cracked.com and thought it was pretty cool. I need all the social skill tips i can get! Lol 4 Reasons Porn Stars Are Nothing Like You Think | Cracked.com
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    And you don't even look CLOSE to 35!

    And you don't even look CLOSE to 35!
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    How Do You Deal with Judgmental People Who Don't Understand?

    Wow, I didn't know that, about our amygdala being more sensitive, because that would totally explain why I have to take anti-anxiety drugs to function, and I've always resented the people who will judge you and say you shouldn't have to take medicine, you just need to learn to stop being...
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    How Do You Deal with Judgmental People Who Don't Understand?

    I totally agree about the misconception! No 2 Aspie's are the same. I think NT's look at symptoms from the OUTSIDE and try to interpret them, but they can't see INSIDE our brains. My nephew is also an Aspie, and he and I BOTH are the exact opposite in that we are OVER-sympathetic to a fault. I...
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    How Do You Deal with Judgmental People Who Don't Understand?

    Believe me, I TOTALLY understand, especially about having a hard time working and paying bills. I always struggled financially. I couldn't understand why I could, on one hand, be (supposedly) a genius, always the smart kid, outperform other kids in school easily, but then when I got into the...
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    Advice Request... Feeling Completely Lost

    You could be telling my life story right now! I went undiagnosed most of my life, and even now, til reading this I did not know that that could have been attributed to my autism. I never understood why I was not able to do jobs it seemed like most normal people could, because I knew I was smart...
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    Actually I think that's the same thing. I say toes, but it's actually just the balls of my feet when I think about it
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    I think the reason I walk on toes is bcuz its uncomfortable to walk flat foot, like too much impact or something. Then when I sleep my toes r pointed straight down. If I pull them up like normal people it takes muscular effort. The upside to walking on your toes is that it gives you a really...
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    What does TBI stand for. What's it like having a photographic memory? Sounds really cool! Haven't heard of Temple Grandin, but one of my favorite characters on the show Criminal Minds, Reid, is autistic with an eidetic memory.
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    So when you say you had a brain injury, were you born with the autism, or did it come from the brain injury?
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    ROTFLOL at Aspie Olympics!! I also have been told that people don't hear me coming and I "sneak up" on them and scare them, LOL! But I never thought to apply it to the Aspergers, nice to actually meet another person who does the same
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    Are you talking about walking on your toes?
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    What are the upsides, the advantages you have that come with your autism/autism spectrum?

    I know what you mean, as far as not knowing if it's the Aspergers or just part of your personality, because I know that plenty of people who are not Aspies have the same trait. I am that way too, so I wonder the same thing. Sometimes I feel guilty about it, like maybe it means I'm self-centered...
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    I can't believe your teacher said that, that was mean and not funny! That's funny about how you have a little trouble walking, yet you are good at running. But I'm the same way, because I always was told I walked funny, but I was good at dancing. Outside that, I bump into things a lot, like...
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    Does anyone walk on their toes, or been told a lot that they walk differently or funny?

    I know I do! And I never knew I was doing it.
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