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Recent content by Neonatal RRT

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    Family discussions

    Yes. My parents and siblings. It rarely came to being forceful, but more like smiling at me like I am a fool while explaining how I didn't know anything. You can't communicate with people like that. Anything that is outside their cognitive bias will immediately be shut down. They didn't...
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    Nature as therapy

    To those people who do not go out their own door, relegate themselves to onscreen time, complain of depression, social anxiety, all the wrongs that have been done to them by this person or that, whining they can't do this or that, ruminating about memories from decades ago: That's a prison of...
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    Resenting where my life is at.

    So, this is timely, and I was just responding to @Xinyta's situation on another thread. @Metalhead, your post here, just made me sad that this is what it has come to: "I have a friend in Michigan who has a roommate and therefore is able to live off his SSDI check alone. He watches movies all...
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    The Questionable Life Choices Survey

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    Advice

    There will come a day when you can look back and understand that we were all insecure, stupid little twats in middle school. It's just a time when we are awkward and geeky and just trying to overcompensate by trying to be cool, a tough guy, the athletic jock, a mean girl, a princess, whatever...
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    I wish I could retire in luxury.

    Billionaires and millionaires use other people's money to make money for themselves, then they reinvest that money to make more money. It's a whole different relationship. Figure out how to do that and you'll be all set. ;)
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    Do Aspies feel expressions on their face?

    It's often that I get questions and comments about my mood, what I am thinking, etc. Evidently, my facial expressions and what I am actually feeling or thinking aren't matching up, or maybe they are, I don't know sometimes due to my alexithymia. On one hand, I guess I should be happy that...
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    What does this mean?

    Good on you for asking, because the worst thing one can do is "assume" anything. She seems a bit shy, as are you, from your post. Never-the-less, she appears to be reaching out to you, in her own way. Why? You won't have a clue regarding her intent unless she, someday, reveals it to you. At...
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    Hi, I'm Judi. I recently found out I am autistic and would like to ask if anyone has experienced rare reactions to foreign objects in the body?

    No reactions on my part. I have titanium in my arm and synthetic mesh. Now, having said that, the body can produce antibodies against anything that it perceives as foreign, including one's own body (autoimmune diseases). This type of reaction has little to do with being autistic. Some autism...
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    Artificial light sickness

    That is one type, yes. Sunlight, full-spectrum bulbs come in many different wattages and types.
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    Artificial light sickness

    LED
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    Artificial light sickness

    Older fluorescent tube lights are particularly annoying due to the flicker they produce. However, for myself, it's less about the type of light (LED, etc) as it is about the intensity and the frequency of the light spectrum. Since I have a lot of plants in the home, large windows, etc. any...
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    Diagnosing other people

    Best to let this sort of thing go, unless someone is expressing concern themselves or are struggling with what appears to be an "autism trait" that is affecting their life, and you have the sort of relationship that they are confiding in you about it. This is actually how I was eventually...
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    Bad habits are no good habits.

    This reminds me of a rather infamous speech made by Admiral McRaven, in part, about how the simple act of making one's bed every day can set the tone for the day, the week, the year, and one's life.
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    Autistic “bluntness”

    In general,...it's my understanding that autistics are more likely to use direct language rather than indirect language and the opposite true for neurotypicals. However, as you've observed, there are neurotypicals and autistics that use indirect and/or direct language. I suspect these traits...
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