Violette88
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I know how important I am to my friends, but I always doubt it, and we always end up having discussions about it. How can I stop doubting the friendships? and worrying that I am doing things wrong?
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One way to stop doubting is to start trusting. Believe me, it's alot easier said than done, but if you'll begin with small actions of trust (tell a friend something personal and notice their response), then you'll be more able to stop the doubting. My problem is self doubt. I second guess myself very often.I know how important I am to my friends, but I always doubt it, and we always end up having discussions about it. How can I stop doubting the friendships? and worrying that I am doing things wrong?
It is normal Violette88 for autistic person to feel that in my opinion because people turn against us so often over differences. The exception is the good day when it doesn't happen.I know how important I am to my friends, but I always doubt it, and we always end up having discussions about it. How can I stop doubting the friendships? and worrying that I am doing things wrong?
I know how important I am to my friends, but I always doubt it, and we always end up having discussions about it. How can I stop doubting the friendships? and worrying that I am doing things wrong?
The first sentence seems contradictory.
Being aware of the content of one's thoughts
is a necessary step in understanding them.
If I say I see a contradiction, it is an evaluation
of what I see in that statement. I wasn't generalizing
about humanity. I was analyzing the written
statement.
The first sentence seems contradictory.
How do you know "how important" you are to other people?
What is it that they do that lets you know?
When you discuss your importance to them,
it sounds to me that you are seeking reassurance.
It is not so much that you doubt the friendships, but
more that you doubt yourself. You don't really
believe that anyone could seriously value you as a friend.
That's how it sounds to me.