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confidence

  1. Angular Chap

    Overconfidence

    Do you ever get OVER confident and end up making mistakes? I've done this in 3 ways: First, have you ever gone somewhere for the first time and been nervous, not knowing what to expect, worried about making a fool of yourself, only to have everything go well and come home thinking "I don't know...
  2. G

    Freezing-up when socializing?

    I've both experienced, and heard of other Aspies, freezing up when in a socially foreign situation. How common is that? A few days ago, I was talking with my girlfriend on Zoom, and I wanted to open up and be more confident with her but I ended up being more timid in my conversation with her...
  3. Chris Russell (The Talentless Liar) Blog

    Abused Amoebas and Career Correlations (First published Nov 2017)

    I was reading an excerpt from a zoological textbook the other day about the reactions of different types of amoeba to stimulus. (Yes - this is the sort of thing you will find in my web surfing history. Shut up.) It seems that amoeba, generally, rarely move because of a positive stimulus...
    • Chris Russell
    • Blog entry
    • 4 min read
    • asperger’s confidence conversation employer job misunderstood neuro-typical relationships socialising
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: General
  4. A

    My Wooden Death Mask

    When I have been out and about or in the company of other people (other than my husband), my facial muscles feel so tense that my face feels almost like a hard mask. I've only recently realized my face is doing this - and I'm guessing this is why people think I look tense. Yesterday I noticed...
    • Ambi
    • Blog entry
    • 3 min read
    • confidence facial tension mask self-expression self-talk tension
    • Category: General
  5. 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...
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