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Can you teach yourself to not stim?

I once went around a month without stimming. I really concentrated hard to not stim anymore. I ended up not stimming for an entire month, but I still felt the urge to stim once in a while. I got depressed one day and decided to stim though, and I started stimming again after that.

By the way, this is before I even knew that I had aspergers. I ...

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Have any of you people been financially supported by your parents until at least your mid-twenties without you attending college, university, part time job, etc?

I hate to say it, but I'm a twenty-two year-old male who's been financially supported by his parents for his entire life.

Before you get the wrong impression, I will start this off by saying that I am not a 'moocher', and I do not lack the intelligence to gain ...

I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know my background. I'm a 22 year old female, who's been with her 22 year old boyfriend for over a year now. We have fallen in love, but there's one problem and it's a big problem. He constantly reminds me how much smarter he is than I am. At first I tried to ignore it, but it's gotten worse. I almost broke up with him 3 ...

I've started to pay more attention to what triggers me. They're so odd:

Anyone jolting me
The fire alarm
The school bell.

They're evil. As a fifteen year old, I'm affected on a weekly, if not /daily/ basis...

I'm here to vent... the old 'friend-student', the one who gets under my skin... Once again i tried to 'explain' why I felt uncomfortable with him.. :(
Once again i felt frustrated and and indignant and so pissed off when he didn't react, respond the way a normally sensitive 'friend' would.. :x
Once again I got sucked into name-calling.. ...

I haven't stopped eating all day. I ate as soon as I woke up and then I ate some more to block out the fact i wanted to purge but couldn't.
I've only just snapped out of it because I have a 2 hour driving lesson. I don't know what to do- I've basically eaten everything edible in the house. Even the sweets my mum bought for halloweeen that nobody is allowed to touch. My ...

He's a dirty little child! A disgusting little beast!

Punish him now else he'll burn in hell for an eternity!

Cleanse his soul in torture!

*Smacks child on back of hand*

BAD! DEVILS CHILD! REPENT!... REEEEPPPEENNT!

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It's common for people who are so deliriously religious to blame anything that afflicts them (upsets their life) with "The devil" or "evil".

Sadly, it's their only way of finding comfort when faced with problems because like the ...

Has anyone noticed that the more sugar they eat, the more they pull?? I read something about the John Kender diet. I don't know how my 13 yr old daughter would do without her junk food..lol...Just wondering if it has helped. thanks s