Reading Fiction can help the socially awkward says research
Fiction supplemented by non-fiction did help me access information that has made me more adept at social performance (for instance, through the use of 'pre-fab' principles and rules), however, the ability to 'run inflexible routines' or 'calculate' what others intuit, or to eventually figure out what behaviour/reaction is expected of one in a particular context/circumstance, is limited in usefulness given the 'Real time' speed and flexible/varied nature of social interactions.
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Reading fiction never did me no good.
I think it's like catching a bird by putting salt on it's tail. If the technique helps you, it's because you didn't need to use it.
Aspie social problems involve the inability to detect or transmit non-verbal communication, not the belief that everybody else in the world is a mindless robot. Somebody please tell the "mental health" morons.
Fictional characters are completely made out of words, so reading fiction, by definition, doesn't involve interpreting nonverbal cues and the reader's non-verbal behavior is entirely irrelevant to the events in the story.
One more solution that has absolutely nothing to do with the problem. God forbid one of those people might do something that makes sense or does anybody any good.
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They murdered boys in Mississippi. They shot Medgar in the back.
Did you say that wasn't proper? Did you march out on the track?
You were quiet, just like mice. And now you say that we're not nice.
Well thank you buddy for your advice...
-Malvina
hmn... yup in reading you won't meet friends
but it opens the door of conversation
in reading you will vicariously experience
what other people (might) experiencing and
in your mind create a script on how to do the same
thus giving you the confidence to approach people and make friends
Reading never helped me with close social interactions. I still have no clue and I think my biggest stumbling block is mentally stalling and crashing and burning when interacting with people. I have not found a book yet that helps me form mental pathways on how my thoughts should flow.
It possibly helped the arm length ones as I could use the scripts as interaction outlines. You need to ask directions to where you are going, what did the Hardy boys say in book #xx type of thing.
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