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Hello, WrongPlanet Community!

My name is Kevin and I am a case of mild to moderate AD according to my counselor, who studied psychology during the university years. I try to be simple in my speech, but I can still sound like the arrant pedant Mr. Churchill himself despised. Currently, my greatest challenges are opening up in real-time conversation and picking up the nonverbal cues. I read about the book How to Make Friends and Influence People and will be trying to use that. Contrary to what my schoolmates think, I do have a sense of humor, but it is very idiosyncratic.
Don't be afraid to launch a colloquialism at me, because what does not kill me makes me stronger and there is something called the internet.

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What kind of small talk follows the introduction again?

You rolled a 3! The best option is the Challenging one according to Mr. Law's guide!

Explaining more about myself is challenging. I am thinking about thinking about stimming, but I am on an office chair in a room organized only by the vertical axis, just like rock strata.

I managed to attend the Homecoming Dance at my school even though I would have preferred a nice bundle of hours simply browsing for more Knowledge! or reading the next novel in the Rincewind series, which is The Last Hero. I find that I can somewhat relate to Mr. Pratchett's concept of knurd when everyone seems to add personal viewpoints to reality.

Welcome to WrongPlanet, Kevin!

Hope you enjoy your stay here

Hello, I do hope I enjoy my stay here. I try my best to look happy, which I think works well where rapport is concerned.

Well, it's not as if I'm happy all the time, that's far from the truth, and you'll find that some people here help each other feel good sometimes

Then this site passes. Other sites have plenty of obviously fake Aspies making the real Aspies feel sick about themselves. I can probably be happy and honest on this site.

What's up Kevin, and welcome!

It sounds like you're a little stuck inside your head. This is a great place to put the books aside, stop the internal monologue, and chat with good people about all sorts of random stuff.

Welkome to WP!

Mick

OK, so list of things to keep in mind for now:
(X) Make sure, "put the books aside," means what I think it means
(?) Post with less of the naïve tendencies and more with the leisure drive
( ) Reduce stream-of-consciousness posts (this post resembles what it describes!)
(X) Increase chatting
( ) Random stuff (internal dialogue transcript: "Self, you really need to get your hands on a d20." "Oh, do I?" "But of course you do. Think of what SoftlyStepping described." "Ach, but then I will have to ask my parents." "Why not just visit a gaming supplies store?" "I don't know any." "What's the use of being random like that anyway?" "Well, how should I know, I'm not the neurotypical Self-influencer. I haven't even played a session with any of those electronically dusty sourcebooks. All I do is create stuff that will never be realized." "But the fact that you're even thinking to me that openly means some progress." "Perhaps, but..." "So get on your feet and communicate! Besides, don't you suspect that the Random Stuff refers to emergent randomness?" "Well, I suppose so." "No d20's for you, then. As it is, carrying a d6 everywhere has only atrophied your random instinct." "OK, then...")
( ) Reduce thinking to self rather than thinking by self (reduce internal dialogues AND monologues)

I like these forums, mainly because I get to deliberate on my responses more than in real life. The dialogue bit was spontaneous, and I found it rather enjoyable to imagine what it would be like as a neurotypical. I know that neurotypicals would have actual, not internal, dialogue. Note the relatively poor grammar regarding quotes. That would never make a good novel, and I would avoid that if it was not for spontaneity. Do posts like these often happen in mild-to-moderate AD?

Welcome to Wrong Planet.

Small talk is more like "How are you?" or simple details about a person's life. I personally don't get the point, because you are expected to say something that fits into the small talk.

NTs are confusing.

I concur. That is why I carry a dice and choices sheet (memorized for when I forget) all over the place. Large talk seems to be small talk from time to time but small talk always seems to be too much talk.



Yes! Extremely so! Why can they not say that small talk is general talk? Small talk tends to be the most talk from personal experience (which is not much).