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How do you start looking for people

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:06:32 PST

As a gay person with Asperger's who has one foot in the closet, and one foot in the open room (meaning I have made attempts to come out to my dad, but he rejects them on the account that he thinks "I should try to be straight and I will be open to discrimination." Otherwise, I have come out to my friends with little incident.) I am pretty confused about what it means to be gay. I am sexually attracted to men in a way that I am not attracted to women. However, I feel that my lack of sexuality w/ another person up to this point has kind of made me sexually screwy. For instance, I discuss inappropriate things (such as rather bizarre fetishes and sexual thoughts) openly with friends whom I consider to be rather more liberal on sexual matters. However, this has caused me to lose friends. I having a hard time with trying to decide what to disclose or not to. I also suffer from anxiety and depression, which has kind of made it hard for me to talk about things other than my family si ...

i like super mario!

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:46:05 PST

I realy like super mario. i like legend of zelda more though. i have mario 1 and 3 on nes , mario paint and mario world and mario all stars on snes, mario land 1 and 2 on gameboy, mario party 2 and mario 64 on n64 , mario party 4 on gamecube, mario galaxy and mario strickers and paper mario and mario kart wii and mario party 8 on wii , and mario nes clasics and mario advance 2 on gameboy advance, and mario dexlux on gameboy colour, and mario 64 ds on ds, and mario 3d land and mario kart 7 on 3ds . i do like legend of zelda more . ...

Why do you plan things?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:39:13 PST

M y older sister Erica HATES! that I do this!!! On our trip to Disney World today I was "planning" do X,Y,Z then she snapped at me we didn't have to "plan everything." IMO I had less fun not knowing one thing we were doing to the next. Going "on a whim" "take it as it comes" "go with the flow." etc. (sayings she says.) IMO planning is more fun you've set yourself up to do certain things and have fun doing them. Sure we have 4 day tickets so we can go back 2 more times between now & the end of May but since we didn't "plan" things out better we ended up riding 90ish% of the rides and seeing NO CHARACTERS! My nephew is 4 and this is his 2nd trip to Disney World (He went to Animal Kingdom Friday) and Magic Kingdom today. On our trip today (he went with only mom/dad Friday) Today we got ZERO Character photos. :-( I'm hoping we can "PLAN" things better next time. I'd like some good photos of him and some characters. :-( So I thought I'd ask other Apsies/WPers etc. WHY do you " ...

dysfunctional family

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:11:54 PST

Recently, I've come to the conclusion that my family is very dysfunctional. I know most families are dysfunctional but it's gotten a little out of hand lately. Basically, I've been reading up on roles that dysfunctional family members play and I can see each of use in one of the rules. I play the victim, my sister is the enabler, my dad coldly withdraws when confronted with painful emotions, and my mom is overly protective. Sometimes the roles reverse. In general there is a lot of denial in the family. I am the only honest one in the family and yet I am always made to be the bad guy. I don't want to go into detail for fear of being attacked but is there anyone that can relate or help me out with this? I know I am part of the dysfunction, and I am trying to get my family into therapy. I guess I am just looking for some support. For further information, my sister has been in one emotionally abusive relationship and I am living with her right now. I feel like she has internalize ...

are you low functining autistic/high funcitining autistic ?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:50:11 PST

Are you lower functining autistic or higher functining ? i am more lower functining. but some pepole dont understand how i am able to draw pictures and type . i am not very verbal and have difcult have meltdowns that involve self injury i mean. i panic without headphones especialy when outside ...

Tips on living with others for people on the spectrum

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:37:49 PST

I am not living in a great place right now. I'm a university student and can't afford to live alone. What's common around here is that a house will be rented out by students, either a group of students getting together and signing a lease, or a landlord will rent each room out separately to people who don't know each other. Currently, I'm in the second situation. In November, a guy moved into the house who is often very loud. He is an angry person and often yells angry profanities. Just today he had a phone conversation that mostly consisted of him yelling slurs and profanity at the person on the other end. At first, I was afraid of this guy, but I find myself getting slightly desensitized as time goes on. Today, a few hours after his phone conversation I passed by him in the kitchen, and managed to ask him if everything was all right, because he had seemed angry earlier. (In reality, I didn't care so much, I was just trying to say, 'I heard you yelling. What gives?' but coul ...

Why do NTs favor sociopathy over honesty?!?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:01:42 PST

Why do I need to be a sociopath to get a job? Why does corporate America keep shooting itself in the foot? Don't they realize how ineffective job interviews are? Why can't they value honesty? Am I a weirdo who doesn't deserve employment because I am uncomfortable at acting and lying through bullshit questions? ...

Any Vegetarian Aspies Out There?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:56:16 PST

I'm not a vegan myself, but my mother wants to know how many people with Asperger's Syndrome are vegetarians. So I ask you guys this: Are you or are you not a vegetarian? ...

Supernatural!

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:35:07 PST

So who else is a fan? Am I the only one who's addicted to the Winchester brothers? :oops: ...

This feels like the wrong planet in SO many ways!

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:26:18 PST

Does anyone else feel like this? Disregarding my Asperger's and all my other diagnoses, there is just so much in this world that is fucked up beyond reason. I can't grasp the insanity of it all sometimes! All the terrible things that happen, the terrible things that people do to one another, just makes me wish I lived on a planet where there was SOME semblance of sanity! I tend to get involved in debates quite often, as I am not afraid to openly express my opinions on controversial subjects, and sometimes I wonder if I'm making any difference or just taking years off my life. ...