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Recent content by Maria Ventresca

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    Obsession No Longer Engaging

    Hi, I've had a long time addiction to video games. I've found myself with a surplus of free time lately (potentially losing my job, woo), and I've found that they no longer engage me. In the past, I would be completely satisfied spending the whole day playing video games/generally being on my...
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    Depression

    Hi. I recently moved out on my own and am having some difficulties. One year ago I went away for school and fell into depression, I couldn't get myself up in the mornings to go to class, thus I did poorly, and everything was generally awful. I moved back home for a semester and was treated for...
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    Do You Hide Your Intelligence When You Meet "Normal" People?

    Yeah, it's the reason we have a bunch of different words for "walk", to paint a more detailed picture. Did the person stroll, or lope, or stalk, or meander, or bumble, or saunter, or march, or jaunt, ect. Each of the words means a mildly different thing to paint a mildly different picture for...
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    Do You Hide Your Intelligence When You Meet "Normal" People?

    I do, for a certain definition of "intelligence". I have to rephrase the sentence I want to say in my mind to something with less obscure words. Granted, I still have difficulty with feeling out what words are considered "normal" to the general public and which ones aren't, because I love my...
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    Age of Diagnosis

    Out of curiosity, at what age were you diagnosed with autism or Asperger's? I was diagnosed rather late at least it seems late from what I've been told, at age 19, and this has created some difficulties in treatment, it was hard finding a doctor willing to test me, then even harder to find one...
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    Emotional Distress at Minor Things

    Oh! That's a good point, I've never really thought about how overly happy I can get at seemingly minor things, I didn't realize it could be an autism thing. I'm like that with seeing the stars, heavy winds, or a balloon floating around in the sky, or free food. And rain, I'll admit that when...
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    Emotional Distress at Minor Things

    Hi, I recently had to spend a week without my parents around, I stayed with my grandmother the first half, and at home with my little brothers the second half. On one of the days towards the end of the week, I had to call a cab to get to counseling, as my brother, who usually drives me, was at...
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    Resenting Society

    Do any of you find yourselves resenting society for the standards it holds? I don't know, I just feel kind of bitter that society is forcing me into its standard of normality, punishing me when I do anything that contradicts that standard.
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    Putting on a mask

    Ah, yes, I had a similar mask for most of grade and high school, the calm, aloof, "smarter than everyone" emotionless character, cause I liked characters like that and thought I could pull it off. I sorta could, but it did alienate me, but I figured that being alienated for seeming smart was...
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    Putting on a mask

    Does anybody here feel like they put on a mask when socializing? I've felt that way almost my entire life, I have to consciously make an effort to appear at least halfway normal. It's almost always: "Okay, now make the proper facial expression. Now look over there, you've been staring too long...
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    Unemployed and Exacerbated

    Hi, I'm 19 and have somewhat recently dropped out of college due to not being able to handle it with my condition. It's only now that I've been diagnosed and am taking steps to getting the help I need. I've been living with my parents who have been very supportive, and have been looking for a...
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    Hi everybody

    Hi, my name's Maria, and I am currently awaiting diagnosis for Asperger's. All my life I've felt like an alien trying to masquerade as a normal human being, and I know that even once I begin therapy I'll probably still feel that way, but that wearing the mask of normality will be easier. So I...
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