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i'm going to a wedding on the weekend, and while i've been to weddings before, i've not been to one quite like this one before. it's bigger than any i've been to before and i currently have a migraine, which i doubt will go away before the weekend.

any advice for handling the noise/stress/pain?

x-posted to asperger and migraines, as well as my own lj.

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hrmm if I am going to post here I better introduce myself... I'm 25 I went to college in 2001 (first time living on my own)... I took oh maybe a half-dozen different medications and saw various mental health professionals... I failed a ridiculous number of classes by not going to them... I had terrible insomnia and panic attacks and what i was ( Read more... )

am finding with my migraines that sometimes the pain gets to the point where it's "sensed" not felt. my theory is that it's related to senory integration and the pain has passed what i can proccess.

anyone else get this? any other input?

As I've been doing more research about Aspergers, I've been curious about the subject of meltdowns. I've been wondering if I've every had them and as I've thought about it, I can say yes.

And sadly, some of my friends and loved ones have seen them.

I remember one from about six years ago. I was on the phone with
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Hi all

I'm new to the community, and honestly speaking I'm overwhelmed by the familiarity of this place.

I've managed to pass 28 years in the disguise of a NT with the camouflage offered by diagnoses such as borderline or depression or OCD and the usual, what have you. In total I got nine different diagnoses before it turns out I'm an aspie, and I've ( Read more... )

today is my partner's sister's birthday. we were meant to be going to their older sister's place for dinner, however last night my partner and i were suddenly uninvited ( Read more... )

I've started to realize that I'm so clueless at reading people that my automatic response is to be hostile. It's a coping mechanism I've had since I was about 10 and was struck violently in the face with the fact that I'm utterly clueless at understanding people's motives and intentions...I think of it as almost as me going into survival mode. I ( Read more... )