Are Aspies more trusting, more gullible?

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nice poem Daniel

My first instinct is to believe everyone but then quickly followed by the learned response to believe no-one.
I get 'taken advantage of' but I know what is going on and usually make the choice that it is the simplest path or work out some benefit for me in it anyway.

I HATE sarcasm - never work that out until the next day and then feel stupid and angry

I get sacasm, at least most of the time. But I have actually looked up the word irony a dozen times and still have no idea what it is.

I'm not that gulible at all unless it is really plasable then maybe

I would say that I am pretty naive. I am very truthful and can't understand why someone would want to lie. So it makes it hard to understand when people are not telling the truth. Sarcasm is hard to pick up on unless they over express it to the point of obnoxiousness. Oddly I can tell that it is at the obnoxious level, but usually miss it at a lower level.
I don't have too much trouble with literalism, but I do tend to mentally correct people when they say something that isn't quite correct. The few times that I don't understand I ask a question that assumes something and wait for feedback. I get some shocked responses when I am way off. Those are interesting.
I do have trouble saying no to some one when they ask for help even when I don't particularly want to do it. Luckily I have not been walked all over because of this. It is almost a compulsion to help people when asked unless I can detect a sign of dishonesty.
With people that I don't know very well I consciously filter requests and such more so I don't get taken, but if a familiar person wanted to they could do a number on me.

I am very gullible, but I wouldn't say I am immediately trustful, especially if the person irritates me in some way like by being obnoxious, critical, rude, crude, and loud. All of my friends say i am very literal and gullible. If they ever use a coloquial phrase that I haven't heard before I have to have them explain it. (ex. "That storm sounded like a cow peeing on a flat rock." My reaction "What.......?" or "All right, well I'll let you get back to your rat killin'." I'm still not sure what that one means exactly.) But I did go through a period of researching different phrases and what they mean so that I could understand people better.

I'm usually pretty skeptical... but when it comes to relationships and such, I'm very gullible. Because I'm unable to tell a lie... I naturally take what everyone else tells me as truthful. Well... not always - but if they're saying it earnestly and with a straight face, I'll often fall for it.

I'm skeptical when someone gives me "factual" information. I have to go research it for myself if I don't already know about the subject. I'm realizing though, that I'm naive when it comes to trusting people's intentions. It's hard for me to internalize how crappy some people can be.

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I have troubles trusting lot of people because I have been hurt in the past. I was taken advantage of and I refuse to help people now. Sure I will give some change to people out in the streets of Portland just to empty out my purse but most of the times I just say "no" when they ask me if I can spare some change even though I have a few bucks in my purse from the tips I got from guests. So being taken advantage of in my childhood helped me get rid of that aspie trait but it left me paranoia of being with people in my teens because I was so afraid of getting hurt again and I realized in my adulthood I need to start trusting people again or how else would I meet a guy and get married. Life is full of risks.


I am very gullible so I believe lot of the things I hear but if something sounds BS I don't buy it or if I know something isn't true I don't believe it.

I am literal too but I have learned when someone laughs after telling me something, they're joking. My ex joked a lot and it drove me crazy and he just couldn't get the concept that I am a very literal person and I can't take him seriously because lot of things he said, he was just teasing, kidding, or joking, but then I didn't know when he is serious. I don't believe lot of things he says about life because lot of it sounds Bull and his stories keep changing. I have gotten better at this in the last few years but if I were 17 years old, I would have believed every word he said. I questioned lot of things he said and he didn’t like it when I kept asking him where he got the information.

I have a tendancy to be very gullible but not so much trusting people. I find it very difficult to place my trust in people. But I think in the world we live in today thats probely a good thing.

Im pretty darn gullible and trusting.

I always give people the benefit of the doubt unless I can prove or sense that someone is dishonest.

Tim

I was VERY gulible as a kid but now I'm so skeptical I can't even trust my family.

I'm sort of like that... sort of. I do "get" irony, but I find it hard to define. It's fairly abstract compared to regular sarcasm.

Me and my friends act pretty sarcastic around one-another, and I have no problem with it as long as it isn't hostile... and very few people are a**holes like that. I've known more people willing to be friendly.

I'm crazy naive, but I compensate for it by coming off cold, since I don't really know at face value if I'm being conned or not.