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Recent content by ra49

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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?

    Agree: I have titanium clips from gallbladder removal, and they are always there
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    So I finally heard back from the psychologist about an assessment

    Diagnosis is to me a tangled blessing: on the one hand, after 67 years of oddity, confirmation is clarifying; on the other hand, once the diagnosis is there, anyone in any position or capacity will pigeonhole me according to their own concept of the diagnosis, not by my expression and experience...
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    How do you deal with anxiety

    Most of what we did as kids is horrifying to our grandchildren who are now becoming parents. We had freedoms that our little greats cannot imagine. Mom would put us out on Saturday after breakfast and say don't come back til dinnertime. We had bikes and 18 kids on our block with the same...
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    I Want To Hope Again

    ;) I flunked poetry flat in 9th grade English class because I can't hear or feel the rhythm, but poetry has really helped me thru some difficult times over the years. Hope this poem helps you, one of my favorites.
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    I Want To Hope Again

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    Hiding it with alcohol?

    Oh honey (insert broken heart here) So glad you are doing better But it will be a long walk back Cannot remember where you are on the spectrum of Faith, but Sabbath/Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest by Wayne Muller may help Time is the most precious thing that we let slip away because we are...
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    What made you sad today?

    Sad is not a big enough word: HeartBreaking is better But I have to put this someplace outside my mind and heart *** Serious Trigger Warning if you are a dog lover or a PETA member, please stop now *** and please nobody say we should do this or that, because we have already tried everything...
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    What did you have for breakfast ?

    Vegan Shepherd's Pie
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    (For Me) An Extremely Embarassing Situation

    ;) I am not-funny too and it is amazing to me how difficult that is for NT people to understand I think you handled this particular situation with the school assignment very well. 30 years ago, I had a similar kind of experience at work as a "team building exercise" :( and had not nearly the...
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    Why did the term 'Asperger' stop being used so much? What's wrong with it?

    Definitely socially correct to disavow Dr Asperger once his actions were revealed. Perhaps technically clinically correct to put us Asperger's folks in the spectrum. But telling an NT person you are Asperger's frequently elicits acceptance without argument or question. Telling an NT person that...
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    What is Your Pet Doing Right Now?

    Dad, Dad, Dad, please rub my belly and get up and take me for a walk? Please please please, Dad!!! Mom is boring typing!!! Please please please :) Oh my gosh, I have smiled more in last 2 weeks since we adopted him than in previous 2 years <3
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    Anger Rumination

    She may be like me with a stack of acronyms piled on, different buttons pushed in different situations? Still, emotional, verbal, or physical abuse are never acceptable in either direction. When I am too emotional, I step out and write it out until it makes sense to me, then a clean copy for...
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    What is Your Pet Doing Right Now?

    Keeping me company while I catch up on mail, email, text, and phone Wherever in the house we are, he stays between me and the door Corgi + Yellow Labrador = devotion
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    *Little* Things That Annoy You (Pet Peeves)

    Other cars with music so loud it vibrates my bones and hurts my ears, even with my windows rolled up
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    Grey, Gray, or Silver

    ;) me and tangled words . . I read the title "Grey, Gray, or Silver" and thought "inanimate, animate, and shiny" because those are my usages of the various spellings of essentially the same color Oh, and in my mind Grey is cooler and Gray is warmer . . Happy New Year, everybody ;)
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