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social skills

  1. S

    Good and bad Vibes about people

    Have you ever met a new person and just didn't like that person just something about that person made you feel uncomfortable happened to me many times and 9 times at of 10 I was right I sometimes I meant people were I've had really good Vibes about them and I were really good-hearted...
  2. Elis Regina

    For women: how do you overcomes social intolerance or misunderstoods by your behaviour?

    I mean, i am really convinced that, in a general way, society tends to be much more tolerant with atypicals or ''strange" behaviours when they come from men. How do you overcomes it? Ps: English ins't my native language, so probably this text must contain some spelling erros. Please feel free...
  3. Butterfly88

    Therapy Robot Teaches Social Skills to Children With Autism

    Therapy Robot Teaches Social Skills to Children With Autism https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/robot-therapy-for-autism I'm still not quite seeing how interacting with a robot is a good way to learn to interact with humans.
  4. adh2d

    trouble understanding descriptions the way they're supposed to be understood?

    I've found that I've always had a problem with imagining a setting and characters? Sometimes it's impossible for me to formulate a picture of a visual description and most of the time it's, wrong. In book fanbases I've noticed fanart seems to all have the same general idea of what the setting...
  5. As sweet as-pie

    I've been invited to a birthday party...

    Hi everyone. I've never really had many friends. I'm pretty great at small talk but awful at actually getting past the acquaintance part and becoming friends with someone in real life. All my friends I've met online. I know people in real life but it never gets past the first stage and so I'm...
  6. MrsPB

    Breaking Rules You're Unaware Of

    So guys, I have this habit of pushing people to their limits without being aware of it. For example, my managers are frustrated when I arrive 5 minutes late for work, but I don't see why. We have a 10-minute grace period to clock in. That's the rule. Another: I tend to ask too much of my...
  7. Sabrina

    Prosopagnosia and portraits

    “Prosopagnosia is a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces”. I think I have some sort of light prosopagnosia because it’s tough for me to recognize new acquantainces’ faces (it can be embarassing). Maybe I meet a mom of my kids’ friends one day and the next I...
    • Sabrina
    • Thread
    • memory prosopagnosia social skills
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Off Topic
  8. JB2018

    Looking for a word or phrase...

    I have a few close friends who know I'm "nerdy", and have gently reminded me that I tend to say something short, smile, and be on my way when I need to go. They have told me that if someone doesn't know you, this can be interpreted as rude. It happened again yesterday, and I stayed in a...
  9. Streetwise

    congratulations kay

    @kay congratulations on your wedding :blush:
  10. Ylva

    Trouble reading up on social skills.

    I keep trying to read up on social skills, but those books should come with content warnings. They trigger flashbacks so intensely I can barely remember what I read afterwards. Of course, this inability to learn these particular things doesn't help me feel prepared for social interaction, so I...
  11. Bolletje

    Being me is exhausting sometimes.

    Time for another update! I'm nearing the end of this internship, and nearing the end of my time as a student. This fall, I'll have my medical license. I can't wait for the moment I finally get to call myself a doctor. Things are looking up, I'm getting great performance reviews and I get tons of...
    • Bolletje
    • Blog entry
    • 3 min read
    • anxiety job applications self acceptance social skills
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: General
  12. Elem

    Social Confidence

    I am looking to learn how many of you have experienced confidence issues with your social skills. Specifically, I would like to learn what problems and challenges you have related to your issues with confidence. What remedies you have tried? What has worked for you and what hasn't worked...
  13. The Penguin

    Confidence Speaking By Making Videos

    Many people can relate not having confidence speaking in front of people. I have decided to improve on my skills, I'm going to include my self speaking for my future videos I create doing my leisure activities. Below is an intro video I created for my new RC car I bought last week. I have...
  14. As sweet as-pie

    Social groups for autistic people

    I just received my official diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as an information pack including information about resources and groups in my area for autistic people. I don't have any friends and haven't had any since I left high school, even then I struggled socially, and I often...
  15. HughG

    How Do Aspies Progress Beyond Social & Emotional Immaturity?

    I once read the following words from another Aspie somewhere else and they really struck a chord within me, because this person actually described a HUGE portion of my life struggles---even as it is today. The problem, however, is that this was written by a teenager, yet I am far beyond my...
    • HughG
    • Thread
    • answers awkward childishness emotional maturity immaturity paranoid social anxiety social cues social skills solutions
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Friends, Family & Social Skills
  16. HughG

    Making Friendships

    Greetings. This is a very confusing and frustrating enigma... I've always been completely introverted and intellectual, and spending time in isolation is not usually a problem for me. However, seemingly endless days and hours upon hours of habitual deep thinking, writing & reading sometimes...
  17. Caelix3

    Help with socializing?

    I have trouble making and keeping a conversation. But mostly with keeping a conversation going. Does anyone have any tips on how to keep a conversation going?
  18. T

    Has the social climate gotten worse for us over the past decade?

    This is my question; has anyone else felt like there's been a deleterious shift in the society's general attitude toward people like us over the past decade or so? Here's a bit of my story - forgive me if it's a little inchoate or disjointed, I'm terribly depressed: It seems like it used to be...
  19. M

    Social Skills and other help,

    Would like people to contribute to this thread, with advice and help for others. Add anything that people might have questions about, and I'll add as well. Never know what to say when I've attended a funeral. What not to say when someone dies Even those with the best intentions might say...
  20. SarahEM

    Sucks having no friends

    I know there's another thread on this. Sorry. I just need to vent and have a little pity party. I see Facebook "friends" getting together and doing stuff and feel so jealous. I don't get invited and don't know how to make those connections. One big problem is that some of these people irritate...
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