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Recent content by ErinH

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    Conversations with people...

    It depends on my mood sometimes but most of the time I find conversations very awkward (apart from with my fiancé). I will often be listening to the other person while thinking in my head "oh my god, when are they going to leave. Just leave, leave!" and also while digging my nails into the palm...
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    Aspies with Mentally Different Partners

    I couldn't come up with the correct word for it, but what I mean is aspies with partners who are also not neurotypical. My fiancé has schizophrenia for example. Of course, we have our relationship problems as we both demand a lot of attention and support from the other, and this can lead to some...
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    Autism Spectrum Disorder and Depression

    That's a tricky one. I have also suffered from depression since I was a child. But I also had a very toxic and turbulent childhood, and the depression could have very easily come from that. One thing I know is this: my depression has now all but gone away, and this started when I lost...
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    Aspies in Work

    I've had a similar work history, changing from job to job. I've never actually enjoyed one of them. There was one where I liked the actual work, but it was working with a team of twenty other women. The bitching was just too much, far too triggering for me. I had to leave. Plus the commute...
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    What was the most irritating thing you got repeatedly told growing up?

    "Silly/stupid girl"
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    Aspies in Work

    Thanks to everyone who has replied. I work full-time 9-5. I don't believe I have a choice. My family won't support me as they think they're enabling me to be dependent. I was almost homeless at one point because of this. I have been on benefits and that hell is even worse than this one. I don't...
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    Aspies in Work

    Hi everyone, I work full-time and have done so since university (and worked part-time before uni), with the occasional year-or-two gap due to mental health difficulties (before I realised I could be aspie). I have always hated working in the sense that I can never seem to release myself from...
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    Aspie creatives - hands up!

    I do digital illustrations and have a Facebook Page called "Duende Art Studio". One day I want to make a job out of selling prints and I have sold a few in the past but for now it's my hobby. I also have some writing ideas and play the piano too :)
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    I am very sorry to hear about your son. It must be devastating and you fully deserve a friend who feels both willing and privileged to be a rock or a shoulder to cry on in these moments, days, weeks, months, years and decades! I am horrified at the way this person has behaved. I completely...
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    Hi, I'm sorry I have not been able to reply until now. I am so sorry that you haven't been able to reconcile. It is hard to understand what is/was going through his head when he decided that he is not interested in seeing you. I also find it hard to understand my ex-best friend's behaviour. Were...
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    Thanks for your reply. Since you and FreeDiver have both mentioned walking on eggshells as an integral part of friendships, I really started thinking about this. And you are completely right. I never realised this before, which is probably why I have so often lost friends without understanding...
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    Hi, thanks for your response. I am sorry you go through these things too. I know what you mean about being scared to lose friends. At the moment I feel like I either have to give up on the idea of friends and possibly lose some of my warm-heartedness and caring nature in the process or just live...
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    I 100% agree! I have the same thing with my emotions and when I look back I realise that most of my friendships have ended in some sort of dramatic burnt bridge situation instead of just a placid dying out or fading away! Thanks for sharing :)
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    Thanks for the advice! I completely agree with you. It is a lot of effort. I don't like seeing people in person, and would much prefer only texting. This has had a detrimental effect on my friendships, especially since I quit drinking. People have also often taken advantage of me in the past...
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    I was also bullied at achool. And also by my family, particularly by my older brother, mum and grandma. I now don't speak to my brother, barely speak to my grandma and have a better relationship with my mum now that she has realised I actually had suffered all my life rather than choosing to be...
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