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    How Do Aspies Progress Beyond Social & Emotional Immaturity?

    Yup, at 40-something, I feel emotionally like what a 10yo is supposed to be. Socially, I'm not a lot different to my naive 16yo self. A psych, about 4 or 5 yrs ago, told me I'm emotionally and socially stunted. No........kidding...Sherlock? I am increasingly alone. And better for it.
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    your thoughts on my analogy of what its like being aspie

    With writing, I can take my time, phrase things my way and edit before I post. Conversation requires fast thinking and I end up with my social script, which is not what I think or feel. It is what I've learned to say to fit in, or shut people up.
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    anyone else told that they are smart but nothing to show for it

    Yes! I get where you are coming from. My eldest son is staying the same as you. Alas, the very Aussie way we have of dealing with that is to say, "Get stuffed!". In all seriousness, it is frustrating. People wonder why you are so brilliant, yet you are not allowed human traits. Don't waste...
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    anyone else told that they are smart but nothing to show for it

    Sigh. Yes. I have always been known to be very smart, BUT... there is something about me that people cannot work out. I'm a smart girl, yet... I wish someone would tell me straight out what that BUT is. I know now I have autism, but what about me EXACTLY makes people screw their faces up with...
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    Don't Rush Me: Learning Disabilities as Learning Differences

    I never knew I had learning difficulties til I became a mechanic. I have proprioception problems, conceptual difficulties and a shocking short term memory. I am struggling a bit at work. It is being noticed I am slower at my jobs. I am considered careful, reliable and thorough, but not...
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    What is your job? Likes and dislikes?

    Apprentice truck mechanic. Likes: working with machines rather than humans, get to play with cool power tools, good bunch of blokes I work with, I work with premium brand trucks, no day is ever boring, variety of work, very little paper work, I never take work home, each day is a challenge...
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    What is your job?

    Apprentice truck mechanic, single mum, perptual day dreamer. Other things too, but I'm exhausted thinking about the rest.
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    Nightmares

    I've been plagued with all sorts of nightmares since I can remember. I've no idea what causes them, but I've had much better coping since I did three things: cleaned my diet right up, started exhausting myself with weight lifting and meditation/audio books/calming brink of sleep things. It has...
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    Getting "vibes" from people

    As a child, til I developed self consciouness at about 17, I was very in tune with my vibe radar. Sadly, I began to mistrust it and ignore it in my masking and fitting in phase. I think it might be a worthy goal to repair my delapidated radar and get it working again. But, yes, OP, some do have...
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    Small talk

    I am utterly confused now. I really have no idea, then, of what purposes talk has. Don't ask me to categorise talk either! And please try to not educate me because I am not in a receptive mood to understanding. :D All I know is that if I just be me and not talk, people get uncomfortable and...
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    Perfumes!

    I can understand that. The perfumes of today are made increasingly from synthetics because so many original ingredients are banned, expensive or allergens. They have a less last sillage and milder projection, as well as having that quality you pointed out. So, in a sense, the perfumes of the 70s...
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    Aspie Conversations

    I read Suzanne's comments in the same manner. She gave me a slant on it I had not considered. I can learn from her comments! As for the original post, I saw myself in the Sp Ed teacher. My brain works at super speed and a conversation in my mind is finished before I've uttered a word. And I...
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    Comment by 'Kupu2' in 'A bit of this and that, memories and so on.'

    Ahhh, you are so very real, Guppyfry. Your experiences are very real also. A lot of what you feel and have been through resonate strongly with me. I admire your fortitude to carry on after your collapse.
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    Your least favorite meals as a kid

    Pumpkin, boiled chicken and burnt mashed potatoes. Basically anything my mother cooked. Bahahahahahaha!
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    How to avoid angry face and promote happy face - AFHF101

    I made up the course code in the subject heading as a means to express how learning about me, from my mother's perspective, is much easier than what she is making it out to be. And it made me think of life as the School of Hard Knocks. On Friday, I was called to the service room and someone...
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