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Recent content by mw2530

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    Primitive Reflexes Assessment

    Startle, Rooting, Palmer Grasp, Spinal Galant, Asymmetrical Tonic Neck, Symmetrical Tonic Neck, Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex, and Landau
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    Primitive Reflexes Assessment

    I recently completed an assessment to help identify cognitive challenges and whether I have any primitive reflexes still present. I had not really heard of primitive reflexes until recently, and it has me looking at autism in a slightly different light. Based on what I have learned, there are...
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    Weighted vest

    I have used a weighted blanket for years - seems to help me sleep better although I still have sleep problems. Have not tried a weighted vest, but I could see it as potentially having a calming affect. I recall liking the feeling when they put the weighted vest on my chest when getting x-rays...
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    I Had a Job Interview and I Bombed It

    Interviews are a huge barrier for many autistic folks even when they are perfectly qualified for the job. In my experience, the behavioral interview questions are the worst type of question to try and answer. Name a time when you disagreed with a coworker at work and how did you resolve the...
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    Date Experience

    Online dating is one avenue to meet people but the odds are stacked against men since there are 2 or 3 times as many men on most dating sites. My friend met his wife online. She said that she had over 100 messages shortly after joining the dating website. Had set up dates for every day of the...
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    Date Experience

    Certainly dating has changed drastically from even 20 years ago. Can you expand more as to what the old rules were? Perhaps less texting and more phone calls, etc. Or perhaps women did not hold all the power in relationships.
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    Date Experience

    Yeah I agree that is the best way to approach things. But not always easy to do. I have had a few negative experiences of women ghosting me after a date. Which I think is quite emotionally immature to be unable to respond via a text indicating that hey I just am not interested in pursing...
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    Date Experience

    What do you mean by this exactly?
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    Date Experience

    I went on a date last week with a woman I met on one of the dating apps. It is very rare that I get a like or match on any online dating apps or websites, and even more rare that it is someone who I feel is a compatible match who I am interested in. We matched a little before Christmas and...
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    Reasons why I can’t let go of wanting a relationship

    One thing I struggle with is recognizing that the loneliness pain I am experiencing does not have to last forever. In the rare instance where I have been on a date with someone I am interested in, my thoughts go form 0 to 100 and maybe that is what scared them off in the past. I think about...
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    If you were honest with yourselves, how many of you hate having this condition?

    I guess so far that has been my experience. So it is hard to think that the future will be any different.
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    Reasons why I can’t let go of wanting a relationship

    I can relate to and empathize with your pain. It is difficult to not compare yourself to others, but I do agree with others that this is generally not helpful. It would be enjoyable to experience what it is like to be in love or in a relationship someday. It is easy to feel bitterness and...
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    If you were honest with yourselves, how many of you hate having this condition?

    I like the few exceptional talents it has given me but I hate how it has caused significant isolation throughout my life and has destroyed any chance at a romantic relationship.
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    Distinguishing Trauma Based Disorders

    I suspect many of us with autism have or had complex PTSD. In my youth, I had many experiences of not being able to fit in or make friends and feeling that I did not belong and was weird. While I could not explain what I was experiencing, the lack of connections with led to loneliness and...
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    Finance

    And none of this crap provides happiness or fulfillment. In many cases, possessions can be burdens. At the same time, these things can be wonderful things, but sometimes people go crazy with their consumerism.
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