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    Do you feel safe outside?

    I live in a town south of Milwaukee.......I think many of the other towns/cities in WI are safer........just the location of my town in WI makes it unsafe due to the types of people who have made this their home. I lived in Madison for 7 years, wandered around by myself at all hours and always...
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    Do you feel safe outside?

    I have felt safe outside in many of the towns/cities I've lived in........however, the town I live in now is very unsafe to me. I don't feel safe during the day, outside. At night, I don't even feel safe inside. I only go out if I HAVE to.....to the store, pharmacy, etc. Then, I try to go during...
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    The Underemployment and Unemployment Thread

    I'm currently unemployed and have been for some time. I've worked a couple temp jobs here and there over the last 4 years. The jobs, themselves, are usually ok, it's the job environment that makes me nuts. I have severe auditory sensitivities, so usually the place is just too dang noisey: people...
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    Scents/smells

    Fav smells: jasmine, cardamom, chocolate chip cookies baking, gardinias, wet wool, freshly mowed grass, the ocean, pine trees, cotton candy, freshly ground coffee. Icky smells: body odor, cleaning products, tar, dog :poop: , mold/mildew, food gone bad, many colognes/perfumes, gasoline.
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    Tip of the Tongue

    Happens to me all the time.........more so with names, titles of movies, etc. but also with 'regular words'. Then it bugs the heck out of me until I can remember what it was that I was trying to say! It usually comes to me.............like 2 hours later!!! Then it bursts out of my mouth, loudly...
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    Good morning!

    Welcome, Rivkah! Glad to have you with us :)
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    Men & Women Please Answer...

    I'm an aspie female. Never had a good relationship with any one I have ever been with (men). 80% of the time, I was the one who left. But I left because it was made very clear that I was no longer wanted in their lives. In an "empty" relationship now, but too poor to get out. Time after time, I...
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    Current book(s) you're reading?

    MOONLIGHT AND VINES, by Charles de Lint
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    I'm hopeless and extremely burnt out.

    OK, so maybe this is just an old woman Aspie talking, but have you ever considered volunteering in your town? Doesn't have to be long term or anything......just something to do to get out of the house and out of your "head space". My resume looks like swiss cheese, can't keep a job due to my...
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    How Did You React To Being Diagnosed?

    I, too, am self diagnosed. Have talked to many psychologists, psychiatrists, even primary care docs over the years. Even talked about sensory sensitivities. I got diagnosed with: Bipolar II, GAD, depression, ADD, social anxiety disorder........no one ever mentioned that it could be AS. I am 53...
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    Life After Klonopin

    I, too, was stunted emotionally when I was 12. I have suffered from anxiety and depression my whole life. Been on meds for the past 17 years. The last 10, I've been on Xanax (as well as several other antidepressants). I wish I'd never started on any meds. They have never done me any good and now...
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    A Most Random Truth!

    I've developed and obsession with werewolves...........and no, Jacob does not count as one!
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    What song are you listening to right now?

    I don't know how to post the YouTube dealie............But I'm listening to Dar Williams song: It's Alright
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    Sensitive Topic aspergers backlash?

    I totally get what you mean! I don't tell too many people about my AS yet. I got my dx 2 weeks before the shooting incident. So the people I have told, I've always added the statement: And no I don't go around shooting babies in their school desks". The majority of NT's don't even know anything...
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    Dating an aspie guy

    Re: Hi there Good one, Smith! I should have thought of that.........I'm on enough of them myself!! LOL Some of those heavy duty antidepressants can really take a toll on one's libido.
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