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    Problems with phones

    My problem isn't just with people I don't know. I have to call my viola teacher to schedule every lesson and I get anxious every time and put it off. My mother tells me that I sound dead when I talk on the phone. I really prefer to text.
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    School Dances

    I found a fairly clever way of getting out of the dance held at summer camp. Everyone had speeches on education reform that we were giving two days later, and I managed to hide out in the back and get mine finished. Several other kids hopped on the bandwagon.
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    Should Aspies be Graded on a Curve?

    I was told when I expressed interest in being diagnosed that being graded on a curve would be one "perk". I was horrified. I've always worked very hard in my classes and have gotten all As, all my life. I did not want to have that achievement marginalized (at least in my mind!) by having...
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    "Get me an obsession, and fast!"

    My most recent obsession, the TV series Sherlock, has somewhat petered off, which means that I'm ripe for a new obsession. The problem is that I don't know what it's going to be. Any little thing, TV show, book, movie franchise: it's all there for the picking. I don't want it to be something too...
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    The Figure of Speech That You Dislike The Most

    I have a funny anecdote relating to this. I was in a mock trial competition this March and questioning a witness. I asked her something like "She could have been competent, right?" and the witness was just hemming and hawing, trying to avoid the question, saying things like "Under specific...
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    Favorite Sensory Overload Helps

    Long runs on my own definitely help, especially if I'm in great pain (seems counterintuitive, but it's true) and it's nice and chilly outside. Music helps on these runs too so that I have time to organize my thoughts. No one can bother you on a run, and I don't take my phone. Music helps as...
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    School Dances

    Last night I went to one of my school's three annual dances. Big mistake. I spent the entire time checking my watch, wanting desperately to leave so that I could go home and read. There were too many people, there was too much talking, I felt so utterly exposed and overstimulated. *shudder*...
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    is having difficulty starting conversations and keeping them alive part of A.S.?

    I always feel an immense sense of relief when I either let a conversation drop or the other person is willing to perpetuate it. It's very stressful for me to have to keep thinking of things to say, whether they're heavy or inconsequential. People say that I'm not very fun to text with because I...
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    Personality Type (Myers-Briggs)

    I'm an INTJ according to the test, but only by a margin of 1%. A few weeks ago I was an INTP by the same test.
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    Fictional Characters whom you think have Asperger/autism

    I watched an episode of Star Trek last night. I definitely see it.
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    "Discovering" Empathy

    I'm not sure if this is a common experience for someone with an ASD or a borderline ASD, but I actually "discovered" empathy when I was 7 or 8 years old. What happened was: I was watching a boy jump into a pool while I sat on the opposite side. My thought process went something like this...
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    Fictional Characters whom you think have Asperger/autism

    Sherlock!
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    The Stigma of Self-Diagnosis

    I've never thought that people with a diagnosis could be accused of faking it! Although I suppose you don't have any "evidence". Still, why would someone who hasn't been diagnosed or at the very least isn't very sure claim that they have Asperger's or Bipolar Disorder? Perhaps that's just me...
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    The Stigma of Self-Diagnosis

    Has anyone else observed a stigma associated with being a self-diagnosed Aspie? Such as people saying things like: "You're just looking for attention." "You're just making excuses." "You don't really have Aspergers." "You're just hopping on the bandwagon." "If you haven't talked to a...
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    Malignant Narcissism

    I don't think I've ever been accused of being a psychopath by anyone besides myself. Obviously with Aspies, a lot of us have empathy issues and that can be mistaken for psychopathy on the surface. (Lots of differences, though! LOTS of differences.) As far as I myself go, my mother does a lot of...
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