Alex_a_scholar

Please calm down Matzoball, you constantly over-react.

You are all missing my point. Listen again. To apply ANY arbitrary rule to a person and taking that persons right away to change that rule isn't how democracy is supposed to work. Consider a hellish dystopia in which murder was MANDATORY and YOU thought it was WRONG, would you forgo the right to oppose that law for the sake of the majority? I doubt it; so considering all rules to be objectively arbitrary and flipping back to a non-hellish, arguably non-dystopian reality, your argument if fundamentally flawed.

Willow Tree, we live in a democracy, this means we can vote on any system we desire. Why should the government be able to apply rules to people whereby those people cannot challenge the future existence of the rule.

It's an aspie forum, it's the only reason included it in the title.

I consider all laws arbitrary, therefore no law is objectively right. For this reason each person may agree or disagree with laws regarding rape and murder even. If a person thinks they should be able to kill people lawfully then they should have the right to vote for that law, and we do have the right to vote for that law by the way; and we also have the right to vote against that law. So committing a crime where the 'criminal' considers the action to be wrongly categorised he should have the right to vote against it.

Prisoners should have the right to vote against the laws that put them behind bars. Prisoners should have equal voting rights to free men. What do you, my friends, think about the issue?

I am actually feeling pretty much back to normal; the fluoxetine is finally beginning to take effect.

I'm terribly sorry for causing trouble, It's a habit of mine to knit-pick.

Yes, but there was also a reference to non-self harm. Should that have been taken out?

Thank you Sa Skimrande, that was a very interesting read.

It's quite O.K. Matzoball; that will not be necessary. You also took down the part about shooting somebody in the head. Is that in the guidelines to be removed?

I had a visit with my doctor and she basically told me that I have no reason to be here as the fluoxetine takes longer than 3 weeks to take effect. She then brought-up a list of appointments I had missed on the computer and basically reprimanded me. She did ask whether I have had any troubling/worrying thoughts and I told her no, although I have been having thoughts of violence towards myself and others. These thoughts lasted for about 3 days and have now abated. I would never have carried the thoughts out, they were just more comforting than reality at the time. I find it impossible to talk in this manner in person; I am considering sending her a letter to tell her that I didn't purposely waste her time, it's just that my asperger's syndrome got in the way of me telling her what I needed to.

Thank you once again for your words Lynda.

Merry, you are beautiful. I feel like I have just held your hand in a very intimate way. I need time to think what to say next...... x

For as long as I can remember I have been sub-consciously attempting to untangle the extremely complex knot/puzzle that is my mind. My obsessive compulsions are not physically manifest, but are an obsessive quest to untangle the knots, to solve the puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is not known to me, although I will see the solution long before I untangle the knots, as I follow my finely tuned intuition. To take a wrong turn along my intuitive path could strike catastrophe and take a life-time to amend; the need to take the correct turns in a methodical and efficient manner is the source of my great anxiety. The physical, emotional and spiritual energy this quest demands of me is, I believe, the source of my depression. That is my current understanding of the roots of my three daemons; Obsessive compulsions, anxiety and depression. The times when I make progress are, I believe, the times when I am exhibiting manic episodic symptoms. I love you all.

I couldn't be bothered reading all of you post, sorry. All's I would say is be the eccentric you, it can actually be quite amusing. Learn how to entertain your-self in social situations. I am actually amused when no-one gets my jokes. Hello Robert. Is it just me or do conspiracy theorists fail to see the big picture?

Boy ! If the world had Asperger's I would probably be a high-flyer by now.

Follow me on Twitter it will be fun.

Venerable_Bede please add me and we can have twitter fun.

Why does alcohol make me feel so much better? Alcohol is a depressant.

Yes, my friends know. I have always been rather eccentric though so I doubt it means much to them. Hey, I went to the pub last night and everyone was saying I looked like I was on cocaine; I wasn't on cocaine, I think my eyes always look a little crazy and last night more so for some reason. Not that is bothered me, I found it quite amusing.

I am totally insane. I probably always will be. It can be euphoric, it can be dangerous, it can be wet, cold, damp and generally horrible. I suspect I have cyclothymia. I predict my GP will soon send me to a psychiatrist.

Hello smileyK, The pills no longer work, even if I up the dose how long can they really be effective? I might just be doomed.

All I do these days after my citalopram stopped working is drink a can of beer and listen to songs on youtube. I have absolutely no motivation whatsoever. Please smother me in responses. Thank you.

I can, around people I know or with people I feel instantly comfortable with, be very charismatic, gregarious, funny. I mean I can make people raw with laughter. I can do this with girls of a certain type. The problem is, I feel that they think I am coming on to them because I'm being very personable, funny etc. But I think I am just over-compensating for perceived lack of something. Anyway I have no way of telling whether females are just laughing and playing along with my eccentricities or whether they actually like me in a sexual way. Even if I could tell, I would not know what to do about it. Please help. I am particularly interested in hearing from some women.