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    Does Anybody Else Have Weird Sleeping Preferences/Positions?

    For the first 14years of my life, I would ONLY sleep in nests (big swirls of blankets, pillows, and soft toys). I also spent a few years sleeping UNDER my bed in a blanket nest as well as those 2 months that my parents let me sleep in the empty fridge box in the middle of the lounge they had...
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    Feeling "younger" than my age?

    Im physically 32 but feel about emotionally and developmentally 18ish, like I live on my own (with a flatmate) but im still struggling/trying to be an 'adult' but im emotionally a mess (despite lots of meds, psychiatrists, drs, therapy etc) and not seeming to be able to move any further forwards.
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    I am surprised and don't know how to react

    and you do NOT have to have a relationship with your father if you decide you dont want to. "But hes family" dosnt mean anything, you have to look after yourself first. If hes actually narcissistic, he cannot change. If hes just an asshole, he maybe able to change, but that DOES NOT mean you...
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    Trying to sleep? Use your phone

    I cant sleep without music, however, I listen to techno/drum n base. I know, I know, you're thinking 'how could that be restful!?', but for my autistic/ADHD brain, its what calms me down!
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    Can anyone relate?

    I have a hand-strap attached to my phone so if/when my hand decides to randomly jerk, my phone cant go further then then 10cm of strap that its attached to! Its saved my phone many many many times from being dropped in situations where it would most certainly have been broken. Any cheap...
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    Does seclusion make your symptoms worse?

    For me.. yes. I have lived right on the edge of the capital city for 7ish years now, and every time I went home to visit my folks in a much more secluded place, I felt myself 'reverting' and 'losing my adulting skills'. There are many things I hate about the city, I especially hate all the...
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    Trouble Discerning Hunger/Fullness Cues?

    Wow, im 32 and ive NEVER been able to 'name' any feelings or sensations that happen in my body. I wasnt diagnosed until I was 21, but that came with lots of research and I finally figure out why I was never able to 'name' emotions I was feeling (Autism! Ding!); turns out, that extends to all...
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    buses

    I have a serious aversion to catching buses but as we dont have a car, but if its too far to walk then I simply have to take a bus. These are a few things I do to try and make the trips more handleable: I wear sunglasses so people cant see my eyes, this makes me feel more secure for some reason...
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    Bathroom anxiety

    I have ingrained issues with going to the toilet if anyones within ear-shot. At home: I run the tap in the sink, or turn on the shower before im ready to get into it (yes I know im wasting water), or start a load of washing, or turn on the dryer etc, so no one can hear me ablute. In public...
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    How to do things

    I often get stuck at the first step of the problem: HOW to get help. Growing up in my family we started this thing whenever someone starts a sentence, you start with "Topic: cats. Subtopic: their bowls need cleaning" and then add any more info thats needed. But for us, 'Topic' (the main keyword)...
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    Contact lens

    My partner has Kerataconus and has had contacts for 10 years now, from RPG (hard ones) which fell out all the time and scratched his corneas to the Hybrid Lenses hes wearing now which he loves as they have a soft outer skirt with the rigid bit in the middle; the soft skirt is the bit that sits...
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    Why I Think **Relationships And Sex** Are Just Too Dangerous For Some Aspies

    Lady here but I just wanted to chime in on one part of your post; a lot of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications often have lowered libido as a side effect. Ive been on a range of the above on and off for 15 years and each and every one of them have severely reduced my libido to the...
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    Anyone know what's happened to WrongPlanet?

    I havnt and cant watch the above clip but I just need to say: actually, there are aspies that can appear "completely normal" for anything from 5mins up to several hours and in rare cases, even days at a time. Very very few people who meet me in real life peg anything as being 'wrong' until I run...
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    Getting diagnosis in NZ

    As the psychologist explained to mum and I what Autism/Aspergers was and that she thought I had it, we just sat with our mouths open in disbelief of how every word was perfectly describing my life. Aspergers was by far the most helpful and relieving diagnoses of my life; finally we knew I wasnt...
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    New from New Zealand

    Ive noticed the tone is reasonably grownup (for a bunch of aspies :P) which is fantastic :)
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