social skills

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BTW, is it worth it?

I find socializing difficult but believe me just b patience n u will never know i have a couple of mates but i still find social interaction very tough n i have 2 work 4 it.

I visited that Succeed Socially website that was brought up, and I printed out the info on how to make friends. They sound like good advice. The thing is that I'm pretty self-conscious about myself (i.e. my nasal monotone, the fear that no one will understand me, and not getting along with people very well).

Do you have anymore advice on socializing and increasing my self-confidence at the same time? I would really apprieciate it.

I'm learning social skills myself. I've gained some but I still have much to learn. I recently held a conversation with two young women at the Movie Gallery for about thirty minutes, we talked about our favorite movies. I've definitely learned some skills. Now I just need to convince them I'm boyfriend material.

Shaping up to be social topic

I have volunteered in a situation where we all have to work together and then people get talking while they do a task. i have found if you want to be social this is a good way to meet people on a regular basis. I find this is enough socializing for me, but of course you can be as social as you want. I just choose shorter and less frequent contact.

I tried to learn social skills and I learned quite a lot. I think the most important things for me to learn was not to say the obviously offensive things... strangely though NTs seemed to find things offensive I never imagined were...

I want to be socially reasonably able but my aim is not to become an mindless person who is always trying to go along with the crowd. The website listed earlier said not to be too "weird" and "unpredictable" but I enjoy being both of these things...

Here is a link written by someone with Aspergers

http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistai ... ation.html

Master one small thing at a time.

Do you have anyone close like family to practice on? If you are not ready to meet new people yet.
Also ask your family for anything you doing wrong. Listen for any tips they have to say.

My community support worker gave me that same advice. I've learned a lot doing that too!

Depends what situation you are on about, i walk up to someone and say hi how are you or stuff along them lines. I try to smile aswell and keep abit of eye cotact, it can work... then I continue from there.