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    Lonely

    I work the opposite shift as my fiancé and my friends are busy when I’m in need of them most. I don’t want to be lonely anymore. It hurts. It makes me feel paralyzed.
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    Thriving alone, dreading loneliness

    Logged in for the first time in awhile because of this reason. I’m lonely. My fiancé works evenings and I never get to see him during the week because I work days. It’s been making things rough. All my friends are busy and this is the first time I’ve had this many close friends. But, I never...
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    Written off by psychiatrist... help!!

    Your story sounds very familiar to me. I went through the same thing. I got turned away by my therapist of three years, and it took a lot of courage to bring it up, she just read me the definition in her book and said nope. I stopped seeing her. I asked my family doctor and he didn't think so...
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    Meltdowns ?

    I've often wondered the same thing. I work with ASD kids and it feels familiar when they meltdown or have a behavior. I think you and I have had so long to figure out how to hold them back when possible but I don't think it's always the best practice because I think it's building up to a big...
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    Feeling down

    I missed work yesterday because my brain wasn't feeling well. I went to work today but barely made it through and now I'm getting ready to go to class tonight. I'm learning American Sign Language and have to attend a 'silent' dinner tonight for class. I feel too tired to go but need to go so I...
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    Life

    A place for me to process thoughts and maybe someone will be able to relate. Every day I'm learning new things about myself or others and I need to start documenting it so I don't keep making the same mistakes over and over. My posts will most likely be sporadic because I've never been able to...
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    New to all of this...

    Your daughter sounds a lot like my 16-year-old self. I'm 34 now and am on the road to my dreams. I still struggle and it took me awhile to get here, but I just got diagnosed with hfa/aspergers and believe it would've helped to know earlier. Being 16 sucked! I was depressed, anxious, bullied...
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    Anti-depressants heightening asd traits?

    This is interesting. I've been on medication way longer than I've known about my ASD so I couldn't say. It's something I never thought of.
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    Mental illness and neurodevelopmental disorders

    I've been obsessed about those things a lot especially autism since seeking a diagnosis confirmation, which I have. I'm very well read in the subjects and it gets frustrating when someone doesn't think my opinion is legit without the credentials. I also find it frustrating because I want to talk...
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    Meltdown at Work

    I would've done the same thing. I used to drive for people with disabilities and the program didn't have a lot of money so our vehicles were often crap. One day the sliding door fell off the van I used and I just lost it. Luckily it was at the building and everyone was transported to where they...
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    I need some advice with social issues in middle school

    I absolutely hated middle school and I had only a few friends and we were in different classrooms. I'm not really sure how I survived but one way I got someone to stop physically bullying me was stand up for myself finally. It helped that we were the only two in the hallway. He was about to hit...
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    Proud to be an Aspie?

    There have been some low, really low, times when I've wished to be like others. A lot of that thinking was before my diagnosis. Now that I have the diagnosis I feel the missing puzzle piece has been found and I'm proud to be who I am.
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    Autism and family.....question...

    I'm convinced it's from my dad's side of the family. I suspect he is on the spectrum but will never get diagnosed. I'm thinking both of my half sisters are on the spectrum as well. My brother seems to be the only child that doesn't appear to be on the spectrum. My dad was older when he made me...
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    Learning (and teaching) on the spectrum

    I'm an ASD paraprofessional (teacher's assistant in autism classroom) at a public elementary school and I've experienced a lot of things that I feel like sharing but not a lot of people want to talk about it as much as I do. I was diagnosed as being on the spectrum not too long ago, before I...
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