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  • Broken
    it's time to let out your closeted goth and be what it is that you say are
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  • Lost
    @plushy That has a multi faceted answer. Though the long and short of it is that I've, in one way or another, embraced the darkness. Just not...
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  • Lost
    Why are you a "closeted goth" ?
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  • I'm Not An Artist.
    Do not feed into the lies of the mind. No one and nothing can stop you from trying, other than yourself. I draw on occasion. You'll see my profile...
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    It's difficult when you're caught between wanting to improve - which means self analysis, and wanting to let go - which means no analysing of...
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We do have the potentials to make better best use of talents to build up our society together. We want to expand our societal potentials, don't we? We want to have more friends and more wisdom in our lives, isn't it? We want to exert our wills independently without prejudice to the furthest...
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I read somewhere where someone said "Black men, we are America's pit bulls, labelled vicious...left to die on the street" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/fruitvale-station-michael-b-jordan_n_4462009.html And around the same time I read about a cop who showed the kind of good sense in...
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shttp:// https://www.facebook.com/groups/152388991630130/185555004980195/ How does asperger syndrome effect you on day day backsand how cope with it
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It seems I can’t even attend a party without discussing autism… but I guess for good reason and food for thought. Last week I was at a party. An aspie friend of mine recently moved out from his parents’ house and decided to rent a place with his girlfriend. So at some point I suppose there’s...
It has now been almost two months since Dr. Teleka Patrick, a resident of Western Michigan University's medical program, mysteriously disappeared. Her car was found abandoned nearly 100 miles west of Kalamazoo in a ditch along I-94 in Indiana and she hasn't been seen or heard from since. What...
I have just finished my second week of school and won't go back until the middle of this week as they are closed for Martin Luther King day. Which gives me an extra day of study and making up work, since I have to have 40 hours a week to keep my full-time benefit status. Mr. Give Me An...
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1. You have a right to make your wants known to others. 2. You deny your own importance when you do not ask for what you want. 3. Making a request assertively does not guarantee that you will get what you want, but it does open the way for more equal negotiation with others. 4. Indirect...
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This is from "Speaking your mind in 101 difficult situations" by Don Gabor. DO remain persistent even though you may feel like giving in. DON'T respond immediately. Take a deep breath and count to ten. DO listen for areas of agreement. DON'T fight or get caught up in arguing over details...
The way you could fix this would be to ask, "Do you believe in any sort of God(s) or Goddess(es)?" It's still more confusing to the monotheistic mind, but that mind can still understand this sentence. Anyone who isn't monotheistic would have zero trouble, as would atheistic or agnostic...
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Negative assertion is acceptance of the fact that an error has been made by you and that you acknowledge it without having to apologize or feel guilty. Use negative assertion when you are being criticized for making a mistake that without doubt is 100% error and you are responsible for...
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Negative Inquiry Negative inquiry is active prompting of criticism in order to exhaust unproductive criticism enabling you to clarify the real issue. Use it when you are being criticized for something which is not the real issue. This skill helps you uncover and deal with the hidden...
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Fogging Fogging is calmly admitting to your critic that there may be some truth in what he/she says while maintaining your right to be your own judge of what you say, do and believe. Use fogging when someone is attempting to manipulate you through criticism and is using unfair tactics...
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When I was young, there was a poem my mother used to recite whenever I asked to do something that she did not feel like granting. It went like this: "Mother, may I go out to swim? Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, but don't go near the water." When it comes to...
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Refusing a Request - The Broken Record Technique The broken record technique is calmly repeating a short simple statement over and over until the other person gets the message. Use this when someone is trying to manipulate you by: 1. Asking off-topic questions 2. Attempting to provoke...
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I was given quite a lot of information on healthy communication techniques during my last stay in Ottawa's EDP. I'm happy to share these with you, and I hope you find some of them useful. Refusing Requests You have a right to say "No". Some people find it exceedingly difficult to say...
Today was my first day at school. I was actually supposed to start Monday but the school was closed for bad weather. So you might say that it hasn't got off to a very good start, especially as I fell on the sidewalk walking in. First I went to the bookstore and got all my books except for...
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Yesterday I ran into the junior pastor of my old church and had quite a lengthy conversation with him about why I left so abruptly. Of course he wanted to know where I was going now, if I was going at all, and was rather dismayed to find out I've gone over to the Dark Side...
Just starting to get familiar with this site and I thought I'd try out writing a blog post! I've become so unfamiliar with writing about myself - I already write for a makeup and beauty blog which is very non-personal, factual and full of super-high-quality photos of lipsticks and hundreds of...
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I have a cousin, I'll call him Luke, who I am pretty sure is on the spectrum. I don't know, however, because whatever Luke has is not to be discussed. As far as I know, he has never been diagnosed with anything. The family attitude is Luke is just Luke. He's different. That's just the way...
Recently I found out that one of my friends from the theater has quit his job and is now unemployed. It wasn't much of a job to begin with, I guess, and there was some BS going on at work. Well, hate to tell you this, but no matter where you go there is always going to be BS. Some places more...
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