Can you explain what it's like to feel oxytocin, like connectedness, from others from these surface level cues?
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Have you found a good solution to people accusing the autistic communication style as being AI?
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Does anyone else forget stuff super quickly?
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What is the trigger point for 'EMDR doubters'?
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My friend told me if I want to quilt, that it's a requirement to use an iron to flatten the fabric, and that it's very difficult to quilt without it. Is it true?
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Posting in the only community who will understand [Trigger Warning: Body issues, body trauma, ableism, therapy, long post ahead]
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Autistic people communicate just as effectively as others. There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to connect with others.
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What is a False Dichotomy? Examples of False Dichotomies Applied to Autistic People
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Is there ever a time when asking for clarification is not seen as confrontation, and if so, what are the parameters?
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Significant potentially causal evidence links immune response with schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, and bipolar I, with additional partially causal data for ADHD
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ChatGPT says that it compliments the user every THIRD message
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Question; is it possible for a specific alter to show up for a specific purpose, and then once that purpose is fulfilled the alter leaves? Or is it not possible for alters to ever 'leave' but only become 'dormant'?
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Before I recognized my plurality I thought ____________
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Repetitive behaviors and special interests are more indicative of an autism diagnosis than a lack of social skills
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Fantastic explanation of protector part phrases & what they mean - common language used by allistics to save face, please share your examples?
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Does IFS by default and fundamentally recognize the autonomy of each part, or is my experience an outlier?
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What if Barney was a Kangaroo?
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Crazy (amazing!!!) story where my fight or flight no longer triggered
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Friendly reminder to get your ferritin levels checked!
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So, I promise this is related to crochet. Has anyone in this sub done genetic testing and gotten 'AA' for the gene rs53576?
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So, I'm autistic, and have no idea if this is allowed, but today I finally figured out why I can relate so damn much to so many of these posts and for me personally it's all tied to this one particular gene that reduces hippocampus and prefrontal cortex dopamine, and I had to share here :)
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Do you suffer with proper memory retrieval, feeling like low reward tasks feels as slow as moving through glue, being bored without constant novelty, and needing stimulating tasks to maintain focus? This gene could be why!
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Strength-Framed Questions vs Deficit-Framed Questions about autism
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