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  1. Bell

    What are your sensory issues?

    Soft human sounds: nose breathing, gum chewing, fruit chewing, plates banging, slirping, adjusting braces, finger-tapping, unexpected sounds (telephone, motorcycles, ambulance/police, coughing, etc.) I also have visual and olfactory stuff that bother me but the auditory and touch stuff...
  2. Bell

    Do you do the Aspie Stare?

    I'm the guy.
  3. Bell

    Do you do the Aspie Stare?

    Does this look like an Aspie stare? This is me with my cousin.
  4. Bell

    Do you lack motivation to do chores?

    I procrastinate, whine, pout and ***** about chores. But I'm a germ-phobe so I feel uncomfortable if I'm not clean or the house isn't clean. Lucky my wife is very clean and is willing to put up with my whining/getting angry about doing chores. I find having lists (written or mental) helps and...
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    Problems with articulation

    Me too. I can concentrate/think better and express myself better when I look away from someone. I think it has to do with being overwhelmed with all the sensory and social anxiety stuff, I think. Sometimes, I feel like they can read my thoughts and they will see I'm confused or that I feel I'm...
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    Is introversion a milder/non-clinical form of Autism?

    Since extraversion isn't on the same continuum, it's possible to be an extraverted Aspie. Even an extraverted introvert, although that doesn't make much sense? That's how I understand the author where he writes: "Introversion and extraversion may be on two continua, commensurate with their...
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    Is introversion a milder/non-clinical form of Autism?

    "INTROVERSION AND AUTISM: A CONCEPTUAL EXPLORATION OF THE PLACEMENT OF INTROVERSION ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM "The conceptualization of the personality construct of introversion has been problematic since the term?s inception due to the complexity and seemingly self-contradictory nature of the...
  8. Bell

    What is your dream job?

    1. Treasure hunter. 2. Discovering gems/minerals/precious stones/dinosaurs, etc. as a field geologist. The only difficult part is taking craps/showers/cleaning up in the back woods as I'm a bit of a germaphobe.
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    Social Anxiety?

    I have SAD also, particularly performance anxiety. I also don't know how to act. When I'm working and someone is really sick or tells me they have cancer I have no clue what to tell them. I don't feel anything and I don't know what to say to comfort them. Listening to them makes me feel...
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    Anyone have troubles multitasking?

    It's destroyed my career even with anti-anxiety medication. I'm trying to work as a pharmacist. It's hell everytime the phone rings or I get distracted from doing one task. I have trouble leaving the one task, going to the new one and I end up getting messed up in both. That job has been torture...
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    Talking in front of the class and answering questions

    That was one of my biggest fears. I was diagnosed with performance anxiety or public-speaking anxiety. To be honest, I think it's perfectly normal to feel uncomfortable and feel anxious with all these eyes on you. The odd-balls are the people who can remain calm in such situations. Here's an...
  12. Bell

    What are your current obsessions?

    General ones (my whole life): 1. Metaphysics/Philosophy of Physics 2. Strength training/Nutrition 3. Psychopharmacology/Mental Disorders (Conditions) Specific (Current) ones: 1. Mind-Body Problem/Consciousness and it's relationsship to some of the problems of unification in physics (quantum...
  13. Bell

    I'm very confused!

    Yes, I think this is the relationship you're talking about? Speculations on Similarities between autism and opiate addiction: http://www.springerlink.com/content/p380334534804n61/fulltext.pdf
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    Are you currently employed?

    I've been off work for ~8 months. I lost my license to practise because of abuse of drugs (I had free and easy access to them) due to my anxiety. I was prescribed benzodiazepines. I built tolerance to it, then I upped the dosage along with the addition of narcotics (as benzodiazepines alone...
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    I'm very confused!

    I'd just be ticked off that they didn't want go to the movies. But I would tell them the usual stuff because if I didn't I'd be afraid they would think I'm not a real friend. Doesn't everybody feel that way?
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