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Recent content by Hazelle

  1. Hazelle

    Looking a lot younger?

    Ruby--I think you look like a teenager, tho I'm not good at placing exact ages on people! Something that's interesting though is that I never thought I looked young for my age (or was told this) until shortly after high school. I'm not sure if that's common!
  2. Hazelle

    I mess up socially because___________

    I suspect this is not an issue solely for AS folk, but given our social awkwardness and nerves one thing that I always mess up is remembering the names of people whom I've JUST been introduced to and then not knowing how to ask who they are again. I know that a good trick is to repeat their name...
  3. Hazelle

    How do you feel about having kids?

    For much of my life I didn't really think about whether or not I wanted kids. It was more like a given that at 25 I'd be married and starting a family because that's what people did. But the thing is, I have never felt maternal and don't know how to relate to kids, despite being a big kid...
  4. Hazelle

    Do You Interrupt People?

    So I have been accused of doing this by multiple people and I've worked to remedy it with little improvement. The thing that troubles me though, is that when I do this, it's in a situation where the other party is NOT allowing me to have my say within a conversation. I think of myself as a good...
  5. Hazelle

    Still A Kid At Heart?

    I still buy kiddie toys for myself, eat kid cereal or kids' meals, watch cartoons, play games for kids, read a children's book, wear t-shirts w/characters, etc. Really I'm so over being too old for stuff. I don't care what is socially acceptable particularly when I'm in my own home relaxing...
  6. Hazelle

    Lack of empathy

    The lack of empathy symptom confuses me. I have tons of empathy--more than most people around me it seems. Maybe it's just that I give less indication of my empathy for others that people on the outside can pick up on? But I do side with you on the story at hand. Sometimes people just don't...
  7. Hazelle

    Losing friends over time?

    I think that it can be difficult, in general, for folks to maintain friendships throughout their adulthood. Everyone becomes so busy with work, family, and everything else going on that taking time to sit down together is less common. It may have been convenient when you lived together on a...
  8. Hazelle

    Obligatory Introduction!

    On 2nd thought, I think that was a poor introduction. Let's try again. Hello! I'm a 30-something female seeking a like-minded community. I love reading, history, fantasy worlds, video games, dinosaurs, and many other things. I'm passionate about learning new things every day. I feel most useful...
  9. Hazelle

    when to tell someone tell you have aspergers

    I think this really varies according to an individual's environment. It sounds like various families and communities react very differently from others. I had already shown my mom a list of asperger symptoms a couple years prior to receiving a diagnosis. She looked it over and said, yep, sounds...
  10. Hazelle

    Looking a lot younger?

    I'm in my 30s but people usually think I'm in my 20s and doubt me when I tell them my age. I used to think it's just good genes (mom looks young too) and nightly face lotion. And ok... I still shop in the juniors dept.
  11. Hazelle

    Random Headaches?

    My anxiety has always manifested itself in physical ailments (yay!) and headaches is among those issues. Sometimes migraines, sometimes sinus headaches. I think it's often due to sensory overload, lack of sleep, and maybe allergies as well. I saw a doctor and had an MRI when the migraines were...
  12. Hazelle

    Obligatory Introduction!

    Greetings! I'm an early 30s female recently diagnosed with Aspergers, though I knew this to be the true from the first time I heard about it a few years ago. Like most others, I've struggled significantly throughout my lifetime, always feeling like I saw things differently from others...
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