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Janeway 's guide to socializing at large gatherings (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 week ago by ruuster13@lemmy.zip to c/autism@lemmy.world
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The problem is when they react poorly to our contribution, we internalize the error as our own flaw rather than recognizing we picked shitty people to socialize with.

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[โ€“] Kojichan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Half of my issue is I forget what was said because Im too focused on responding to that one thing that interestead me about 5 minutes ago, and the topic has changed.

Another is being in a group. Even harder.

Then add being jn a group of people who are speaking a different language that I'm only 60% proficient with... I don't have a place to enter.

Other times it's because Im with another ND...

I honestly feel like Im not allowed to speak sometimes.

[โ€“] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Other times it's because Im with another ND...

In a large group there are bound to be multiple NDs. If you all follow the method, you end up in a smaller group with each other. This is ideal.