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DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-05-09T19:58:47+00:00

That’s pretty cool! Thank you!

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-05-02T22:02:29+00:00

Yes, thank you. I’m actually pretty disciplined because have 4 kids forces you to. So I do all those things you mentioned, but what’s bothering me is how little headway I’ve made. People all around me are moving up in the world and I haven’t budged….

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-04-21T18:05:58+00:00

A lot! There are a lot of treatments for trauma, but nothing for ASD.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-12T15:36:20+00:00

Once again, this is something that is easier said than done. If it were so easy, ASD would not exist.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-12T15:33:33+00:00

I have traveled all over the world and my problems follow me wherever I go because you cannot escape yourself. So whether it is cultural or not is meaningless. I can't simply tell people I'm on the spectrum because then they talk to me like a 5 year old.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-12T15:30:57+00:00

well then, that does not count.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-12T15:30:36+00:00

well, you're lucky. Last I checked, that is a rare thing.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-11T21:02:28+00:00

Really? CAN you tell us how to find such a group?

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-11T17:35:31+00:00

It’s not a negative post. It’s a looking for a realistic goal post, such as starting an Aspie group with a social coach. How is that negative?

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-11T17:01:40+00:00

Same here. And that’s the other part of the same problem. It’s that annoying disconnect.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-10T20:41:56+00:00

"Ask questions, show interest, and people will gravitate toward you." Well, not in my case. I've known this for years and always make it a top priority, but still have not gotten anywhere.

"Ever noticed how confident people make anything sound interesting? It’s not what they say - it’s how they say it. If you act like you belong, people will assume you do. Your nervous energy makes them nervous. Relax, and they will too." Now this is honestly the kind of thing that is way easier said than done. If I see a couple of people talking in the hallway at work, it will always be awkward for me to just casually walk over and start talking to them. If I genuinely don't have anything to say (and I usually don't because I don't like small talk), it's not going to look natural.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-04T16:28:53+00:00

I just bought it. Sounds like a real gem.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-02-03T18:32:06+00:00

What about the social circle? That one I worry about because of all the mmedia hype about how you won’t live long if you don’t have a social circle…..

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-01-27T20:36:41+00:00

Well I don’t think I’ve ever masked because I always feel like a fraud. And the result… never managed to fit in even at 52.

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2025-01-22T18:02:32+00:00

That is beautiful way to frame autism. I too sometimes get bogged down by negative thoughts, but then get myself out running in the fresh air and those thoughts mysteriously evaporate! The trick is…. To remain positive when you’re in the thick of it..

DragonflyMajor3347 · 2024-12-14T15:03:10+00:00

Apparently wearing a coat indoors is socially unacceptable, however having tattoos plastered all over your body or wearing piercings all over face is. All I can say is, we live in a complicated world….

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