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Those of us that have undergone autism-specific therapy or training to learn to socialize better, what lessons did you learn? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
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I think it would be interesting to share lessons we've learned about socializing that didn't come natural to us like they do for NTs.

  • What social difficulties did you have, and what did you learn to compensate for them?

  • Also, since there's a difference between autistic and NT cultures, what lessons did you learn about socializing with NTs and in NT environments?

Infodumps are welcomed! ๐Ÿ˜

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[โ€“] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

These things come to mind at the moment:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_reversal How would I judge a situation from another person's perspective? It helped me to understand why others react strange to me.

Learning to really accept myself and to stop judging myself helped me to build some confidence. Which in turn helps to handle (or survive) situations which ask to much from me.

Learning to listen to myself. If I feel, that I don't want to do something, I don't have to. Not now, maybe later, OK?

And of course: Trial and error. It worked fine before. Maybe it can be useful in the future. :)

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3828370-political-savvy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People

Star trek

It was a rocky road, but I got there in the end

[โ€“] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Could you elaborate on the lessons you have learned from those resources pls?

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 6 months ago

Looking at people and their intrinsic motivations desires and goals as a basis for conversations