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Can anyone else relate to this?

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Mr_Adooni

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Hey guys and gals

It will be 2 years soon since I was diagnosed with Autism. I think it would have been asperger's but it's all changed or something.

So can anyone relate to this whenever I am in a social situation I tend to reveal information that I shouldn't be telling people about myself. I just feel a bit stupid afterwards.
 
Parts of our neurology remain childlike longer (by NT standards).
It is common for us to overshare as children tend to do.
(We can learn to rope it in, though.)

And hello & welcome.
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Welcome ,to the Forum.

As I feel that I have nothing left that needs protecting, I tend to overshare on many occasions. I don't even think about it in the moment, I just talk about myself as if I am worth knowing. I do not even stop to think, I just say whatever enters my head. That is not a particularly sage or appropriate thing to do in any situation, but It never enters my head to edit myself.

I communicate much better through the written word for the simple reason that it affords me the opportunity to edit my words, removing significant amounts of perseveration and ordering my thoughts in a much more succinct and, it is to be hoped, relatable manner.

However, in general, I am hopeless in expressing myself to others in what might be considered by them to be normal terms. That is nothing that bothers me, it is just who I am.
 
Welcome, and yes, oversharing and/or inappropriate sharing is relatively common for many on the spectrum, so you're not alone.
 
This has been a problem in school and jobs for me! And everywhere, but there it's the most a problem.
 
Hi and welcome to the forums.

For most of my life social anxiety kept me from oversharing. Now that my social anxiety has decreased I tend to overshare.
 
Mr_Adooni said:
Hey guys and gals

It will be 2 years soon since I was diagnosed with Autism. I think it would have been asperger's but it's all changed or something.

So can anyone relate to this whenever I am in a social situation I tend to reveal information that I shouldn't be telling people about myself. I just feel a bit stupid afterwards.
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I used to do that all the time. Mainly, I think, to try to impress people and make friends. Never worked, and I have since learned to control it (somewhat).
 
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