EzraS wrote:
The older I get the less suited to internet interaction with others I feel. I think I am probably a lot worse at it than I thought and there is always a level of stress involved with it even when things are going right or at least appear to be to me. When I first started this years ago my occupational therapist was going on about how remarkable well I was doing and how good it was for me. I am thinking it might have been better for me if I had never started.
I don't think that's true. What you can certainly see, however, is that here on WP there are a fair number of people with significant psychological issues (sensu lato) that go beyond beyond autism, and that bleeds out into everything else. Beneficial interactions generally occur within affinity groups, and while "autism" may be the basis for an affinity group, it's not a very well defined one (and can't serve as an exclusive one). This is but one of many worlds.
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