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How To Tell People That You Are Different?

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Would you rather
tell people you are different ahead of time 17%  17%  [ 5 ]
let them find out from interaction 83%  83%  [ 25 ]
Total votes : 30

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23 Sep 2015, 5:36 pm

Bald-Accountant wrote:
I tell someone that I have problems understanding social interactions because I have aspergers and most people have one of two reactions:
1) Everyone has trouble with that sometimes or
2)You aren't as bad as you think

They think they are being nice by saying that. To some people, admitting your difficulties or saying you have a disorder is being "down on yourself," so they try to make you feel better.