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Recent content by syntheticnatural

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    Pathological Demand anxiety/avoidance

    For a long time, I worked in restaurants, so most of what I ate was at work. At home, I pretty much stuck with breakfast cereal and the odd fruit. My diet could be a little erratic, but in your 20's, that's kind of expected. Now I don't work in restaurants anymore, and I've tried a few (very...
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    Pathological Demand anxiety/avoidance

    Bored, anxious, resentful. Yes to all three, in varying amounts, depending on the particular issue. I also have a wicked perfectionist streak that I've managed to tame somewhat over the years. I've read several books on procrastination and I've tried all the advice, but it never makes any...
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    Pathological Demand anxiety/avoidance

    I've tried the carrot and stick method, but I just end up deciding that I don't want whatever the carrot is anymore. Like in the evening, I'll get hungry, but can't face making any food, so I'll just go to bed hungry. Or, I won't have groceries in the house to make anything, so I'll just eat...
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    Pathological Demand anxiety/avoidance

    I've always figured it was a lack of motivation, but I don't really have an understanding of how that differentiates from any other cause. Could you clarify? I've tried every single piece of anti-procrastination advice there is, to no avail. I remember being in elementary school, working on an...
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    Pathological Demand anxiety/avoidance

    I've come across this in some of my reading, and it is something I struggle with immensely. I avoid positively everything you could think of, and it's cost me a lot in terms of grades, employment, and just every day life. I used to think of it as procrastination, but it's just so much more...
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    Bepeeping appliances and other unnecessarily loud things.

    At a lot of newer gas stations in my area, a little mini infomercial starts playing when you pump your gas. They're LOUD and they make me irrationally angry. Most of the time, there's a mute button, but if other pumps are in use, you can totally hear the other infomercials playing. I get very...
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    BULLIED BY TEENAGE GIRL AT WORK

    I've worked in a lot of food service, and these types of situations are fairly common. Standard professionalism is very different in restaurant work because it's so fast paced, hot, and frustrating. But this girl sounds like a spoiled piece of work. Next time she rudely gives you some command...
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    New here trying to move forward

    Thanks everyone. My main instrument is the violin. I played with a couple ensembles back before I moved for work, but there aren't any opportunities in my current city. I also have varied experience with the piano and flute, and VERY rudimentary alto sax skills. I have a strong interest in...
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    New here trying to move forward

    I'm a clinician, so there's no online work I could do in my field. And under no circumstances do I want to make my current city a permanent or even long term home. The area I'm wanting to move to has plenty of job opportunities, I'm just overwhelmed with how to get started.
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    New here trying to move forward

    No, I'm pretty much on my own. I have some casual friends, but they're all several hours away. And I know from experience that I can't go to them with anything substantial. I really dislike my current city for a number of reasons, and hope to be leaving in the next few months, so options here...
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    New here trying to move forward

    We sound very similar. I can relate to becoming what other people want me to become. I've had people I know be very surprised after seeing me in a different context. I, too, like to think that I'm immune to brainwashing. I hate advertising and marketing because it's so deceptive. I realized a...
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    New here trying to move forward

    Hi all. I'm new here. I don't have a diagnosis. I've always wondered if I was on the spectrum, but brushed it off because I tend to be very good at all my jobs which have always involved dealing with people. But I came across some reading about difficulties with executive function several weeks...
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