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 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Do you ever change the conversation's mood rather abruptly?

brokenclock
Posted: 20 Aug 2012, 12:22 pm 

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Yes, yes I do. This is something that gets much easier once you realize it and work on it, like knowing how your sentences will end before you speak. At least, it has for me.

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Wonderful Article About Body Language

brokenclock
Posted: 20 Aug 2012, 12:13 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
That's an insightful outlook. Realizing that my own family and friends did and do take advantage of my social disadvantages hasn't been easy.

I'm learning recognize when this is happening and point out my observation in a subtle way.

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Wonderful Article About Body Language

brokenclock
Posted: 19 Aug 2012, 12:06 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
I consider sincerity a luxery... when I get so nervous my neck muscles start trying to make my head shake, it's nice to have behavior guidelines so I at least know what to try to do.

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Wonderful Article About Body Language

brokenclock
Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 11:25 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
Well, to be fair, it stands to reason that we're employing the same regions of the brain that non-autistics use to lie; we're creatively constructing an 'act' to make people who aren't familiar with autism a little more comfortable with the adjustment. The article, at the core, was about what people...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Wonderful Article About Body Language

brokenclock
Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 1:00 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
I've never been much of a visual learning myself-- it appeals to me because it's just a normal, socially adjusted person teaching a presumably normal, socially adjusted audience how to get along with normal, socially adjusted people. There's no confusion, no condescension, no insecurity on either en...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Wonderful Article About Body Language

brokenclock
Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 12:26 pm 

Replies: 12
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Hey-- thanks for posting the link, and it's good to be here. This website has helped me work through some tough days. As for that negative body language, and the way people interpret it-- I'm right there with you. Ever since my diagnoses a few years ago, I've been avoiding friends and family more an...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Wonderful Article About Body Language

brokenclock
Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 10:09 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
[Since I can't post a link, here are instructrions to reach it: go to a website called io9(dot)com and click the little purple magnifying glass to search, then type in "how to read body language to reveal the truth in almost any situation" and that should take you straight to the article. Hopefully ...
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