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In reply to the discussion: FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary tells Scripps News 'I don't think autism is genetic' [View all]LiberalArkie
(18,983 posts)30. You must tell him as most guys do not know or realize it. I wondered most of my life why I could not keep anything
I had had decent paying jobs, but kept giving it away. I think it stems from wanting to have friends and only attracting narcissistic people. Those seem to see us coming from a mile away.
I remember working in NYC and going out with co workers every few nights and end up paying for all the drinks. Always..
Now I know about it and I still almost give in, but I reach for my phone in my pocket like I have a call and their moment is gone. A side note is now that I have told a couple of people is that they never ask me for anything at all, ever.
Good luck
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FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary tells Scripps News 'I don't think autism is genetic' [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
OP
leucovorin-I have no doubt that some Republicans are making a ton of money off this stuff
Walleye
Yesterday
#1
You didn't see them generations ago bc they were warehoused in insane asylums. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Yesterday
#2
Yes and just lived out their lives "Hermits" and 'Non-social" or "Anti-social" or "Non-conformists"
LiberalArkie
Yesterday
#5
Something I did not figure out until about a year ago, A lot of us can not say NO.
LiberalArkie
18 hrs ago
#24
You must tell him as most guys do not know or realize it. I wondered most of my life why I could not keep anything
LiberalArkie
16 hrs ago
#30
There is definitely a strong genetic component. High-functioning autism runs in our family across 4 generations
Martin68
Yesterday
#12
But recognition and diagnosis have changed drastically over the years.
eppur_se_muova
16 hrs ago
#31
Call it a 'condition', then. Whatever you call it, it is something which only slowly came to be recognized.
eppur_se_muova
16 hrs ago
#34
What I don't understand is why a high functioning and low functioning autism are both autism
womanofthehills
14 hrs ago
#36