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    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    It's interesting to see that many of you have similar feelings and experiences! I always thought it was a talent I was born with, that my built-in understanding of how people and social interactions work was above average due to genetics. If it's a skill that I've acquired to compensate for...
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    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    Yes! This is how I feel! I find myself analyzing people and stories while they talk, and it's interesting. Really, really interesting. A good friend from a much more polite and expressive culture than mine pointed out that I never ask questions. Not just stupid smalltalk questions, which I...
  3. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    I just watched a youtube video of Tony Attwood talking about Aspergers in girls, and it checked all the boxes for me. It's as if he was talking about me. In a way, I guess he was!
  4. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    That one's not on you, I can assure you. Even if you were oversharing, that's not okay behavior from his end. He was being an a-hole. I really appreciate a detailed reply, and I relate a lot to what you say. I have always had a strong interest for behavioral analysis and interactions, in...
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    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    Ah, the bane of my existence! People trying to be helpful, going "if you set your mind to it, you can do it!" My favorite was when I needed my doctor's statement on an application for transportation benefits. Under the question "how far can the patient go?" he wrote "as far as she wants." Yep, I...
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    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    I love that explanation! That's how I felt when I got my personality disorder diagnosis. It allowed me to understand my own behavior. A good example is that if I have a sentence or explanation queued up in my head, ready to be spoken out loud, and someone says "let's not talk about this...
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    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    I've been reading some of the links I got, and everything just makes sense. My actual diagnosis (avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders, with social anxiety and depression on top) have covered several of my traits, but there are some weird ones that never fit. I...
  8. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    I will try. The first thing I'm going to do is talk to my doctor when I go back, but I haven't seen her since Feb. this year for obvious reasons. I really appreciate all the answers, as it's a difficult time to struggle with questions of identity on top of everything else. If anyone can direct...
  9. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    Would you be okay with telling me more about that? Have you always had that skill? Are you good at predicting behavior too? Does is come naturally, or do have to "force" yourself to do it?
  10. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    I don't know if it's relevant, but my dad has so many typical Autistic traits that I would bet everything I own that he has Asperger's.
  11. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    I am confident that I'm not reading things wrong due to the feedback and comments I have gotten from people. I sometimes have trouble stopping myself from speaking even when I realize they're not interested, though. The times I'm susceptible to reading people wrong is if I'm anxious, and I'm...
  12. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    My mother and sister are also excellent at reading people (far above average), so I don't know if that can be the reason. A mixture of nature and nurture?
  13. M

    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    The reason I'm asking is because I feel like I fit every other "criteria," but I am extremely good at reading people and figuring out how they work, why they think the way they do, etc. To the point of some people being unnerved by it. I was diagnosed at 24 with avoidant personality disorder...
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    Can someone with Aspergers be good at reading people?

    Everything I have heard or read about Autism/Aspergers tells me there's "one" symptom that is universal: the inability to understand social norms, emotional reactions and body language/expressions. I'm not sure how to phrase the questions properly without writing a wall of text, so please ask...
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