Persons with autism have some great social skills.

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Joe90
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23 Feb 2011, 4:49 pm

I don't really socialise differently. I just feel I shy away a lot of times, and so lack some of the social cues I could do with. Mostly I feel the same as what a shy NT would feel. I know all the right social cues, but it's letting them out into the open what makes me anxious and more shy. Because I don't stim or go on about my special interests, people just consider me as a shy person, not as an odd person. I hope that doesn't sound like a stereotype there - I'm just telling this from a NT point of view. Most NTs think you're odd or something if you flap your hands a lot or talk excessively about a unique topic what most people don't think of in their daily lives, eg like star trek or something like that, as what some Aspies seem to be into. Not me however - I'm into the weather, buses, and men, which aren't really a unique discussion to bring up to people because most people use those sorts of topics in general conversation. They often talk about the weather, or buses (if they catch them a lot, which I do), and most women talk about men. So I get off pretty lucky there.


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23 Feb 2011, 9:32 pm

Interesting, Joe. It makes sense. Do you have some inkling why you feel shy?


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24 Feb 2011, 9:54 am

DandelionFireworks wrote:
Interesting, Joe. It makes sense. Do you have some inkling why you feel shy?


Probably social anxiety, or part of my ASD. But feeling shy doesn't make me feel different. Makes me feel useless sometimes, but not different.

The only thing about AS what makes me feel different is my outbursts or panic attacks. Well, they don't make me feel different as such - just mad.


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