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Recent content by Vanessa32

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    Did your parents try to take away your special interests?

    My parents did not go so far as to try and take my special interests from me. But they, and other adults such a teachers, did at times give me grief for being too focused on certain things, especially being a sports fan. I definitely recall a school librarian writing something on my report card...
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    Emotions towards objects

    i get that way sometimes. For example. when i was a kid, i found some of my parents old high school yearbooks. There were some pictures of empty school hallways, and i recall feeling sad for the school, that it was empty and had no people in it. I recently was in Detroit, and did something i...
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    I am Vanessa

    Nice to meet you, Steph!
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    I am Vanessa

    Thanks for the reply! I also had some odd, random interests as a kid. One was that i was fascinated with certain corporate and product logos and signs. Coca-Cola was probably the main one, and i still sometimes like seeing older Coke signs that are still visible, especially the old-school signs...
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    I am Vanessa

    Nice to meet you, Jet!!!!!!!
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    My difficult history with romantic and sexual relationships

    Another shift in thinking that i am attempting is this: to move away from seeing romantic and sexual relationships as something i NEED, but rather as something i WANT. Need, for me, implies that i can't live, can't be fully happy, or can't fully love myself without having a certain thing (in...
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    My difficult history with romantic and sexual relationships

    i posted this as a reply to an already existing thread, and thought i would start my own thread as well: this is something i have struggled with ever since my teenage years, when i first became interested in dating, romance. sex, and all that. I had very little positive outcomes in that area...
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    Finding Your Own Happiness

    this is something i have struggled with ever since my teenage years, when i first became interested in dating, romance. sex, and all that. I had very little positive outcomes in that area until i was almost 30. Then, i let my desperation lead me into a marriage that lasted way too long and was...
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    speaking too loud

    Yes, i have been told that a lot. As well as being accused of "interrupting" when all i was trying to do was participate in a conversation. And so i have tended to compensate by speaking too quietly or hesitantly, which then often ends up with me not being heard, and so others continue talking...
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    I am Vanessa

    thanks, everyone!
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    Aspergers and Driving

    Changing lanes is another thing that is difficult for me. I will check my mirrors, turn my head, but somehow in the split second between that and me trying to change lanes, someone will end up in the lane I am trying to move into. it does not happen often, but has happened often enough that I am...
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    Rejection is killing me

    I am 52 and have not been in a good relationship that has lasted long. I was married for a little more than 20 years,but it was not a good relationship. Part of the problem there was that I was trying to pass as a heterosexual man when I was meant to be a woman, with either a woman or a non...
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    I am Vanessa

    thanks Desiree! I work with someone with that name. :)
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    Aspergers and Driving

    I live in Michigan, historical home of the United States auto industry and so NOT a place that has very good public transportation anywhere, even in the bigger cities. So driving is really not something you can easily opt out of here. I had to take some extra drivers education classes after I...
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    I am Vanessa

    Hello everyone. I am Vanessa, a 52 year old transgender woman with Autism/Aspergers. I was officially diagnosed at about age 29 after having some work related issues. The diagnosis has always made sense to me and has helped me to understand myself and cope with life better. I work as a...
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