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Struggling to Understand Nonverbal Cues....

I learned through memorization of the context of situations. Humans are repetitive creatures thus come across analogous situations many times and I act accordingly. This is a far from perfect method and granted does require a memory that is reliable. But it works more times than not for me.
 
I learned through memorization of the context of situations. Humans are repetitive creatures thus come across analogous situations many times and I act accordingly. This is a far from perfect method and granted does require a memory that is reliable. But it works more times than not for me.
I appreciate your input on this.
 
I don't know how motivated you are,...or how much time and money you have,...but I found this series helpful. 12 lectures,...each about 30 minutes.

The Great Courses,...Understanding Nonverbal Communication

The Great Courses
 
Yeah, as mentioned above, one can learn a lot of NT behavior as sets of rules. Sometimes the rules seem irrational but that has nothing to do with whether they are useful to know. I sometimes find myself going down an algorithm in social situations. It is slow, more granular than doing it naturally, and uses a lot more processing power than an NT who runs on intuition but it still works for me.
 

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