Dear /soc/, I need some advice on how to be less autistic. So

>>24297915
>>>/adv/

>>24297915
Stop caring what people think in regards to your actions and what you say.

Find people with common interests. Social groups with a purpose like a camera/programming, etc. clubs are full of people who don't know how to hold conversation with the exception of their area of interest but you will find a sliding scale. So you can start conversing on a technical level and over time get used to the normies and better acquainted with social norms. It's not perfect but it's a start and that may just be what you need.

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All praise technoviking!

>>24297928
I kinda do have to care about other people to make friends.

Not caring about how others see me is what got me to have no social life in the first place.

Hey there, autistic psychologist here. If you’re not sure about being autistic, it’s helpful to think back to your childhood habits. I remember lining up blocks and cars and Skittles by their colors and in patterns, to an obsessive degree. I also remember developing strange taste and tactile aversions that I later realized did not bother everyone else. Also, my life can be described by what I was interested in (read: obsessed) at the time. At different times it was dinosaurs, comedians, grammar, and the human brain; the commonality, I’ve found, is in the need to observe and codify rules.

So, if none of this sounds familiar, I have differentials! It sounds as if your chief complaint is that you have severe societal aversion and/or awkwardness. My first thought is that you described an ultra-conservative household, and I would guess that you had minimal socialization as a child anyway. Therefore, it may not be necessarily that you are autistic, but have one of the other disorders that typically come with a lack of societal grace following an intense childhood environment. For instance, major depression and social anxiety disorder both have an asocial component; the former would also explain the drop in hygiene, and why there was a turnaround out of nowhere in which you dropped all the weight. Alternatively, it could be avoidant personality disorder, which can also be called Piglet Syndrome (like the Winnie the Pooh character). It sounds like you feel a need to reach out but have a simultaneous fear of social reprisal.

This is all without fully knowing you of course so I can’t say anything definitively, but let me know if any of this resonates!

>>24298027
Op here, I'm on my phone now.

The second thing sounds a lot like me. I had a lot of social interaction as a kid but it always involved a lot of anxiety.

>>24298198
Alright, and this level of anxiety has been constant your entire life? Also, why aren't you and Jesus on speaking terms?

>>24298527
There were times where it's been better or worse but I do have memories of when I was a kid and my parents would get angry at me because I wouldn't do stuff that required basic human interaction (phonecalls, going to the neighbors to borrow something etc.) and I guess they thought I was just being a lazy shit where in actuality I was just anxious about talking to people.

As far as Jesus goes I started doing research on my own and realized that evolution is not something Darwin just pulled out if his ass. I kept going to church for a while to keep my family happy but it didn't last for long.