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[paloftoon]

There is one in my city. I have had the group open on my phone for 6 days now but haven't joined. Part of me wants to, but another part tells me that doing so wouldn't work out so well.

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3) I don't think I have the ability to help anyone with much of anything.
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Still I haven't closed the page yet because, despite all that I just wrote, I do want to make an effort to socialize. I suppose the point I'm making is the fact they may have something in common with me it's no less intimidating.

So option 3.............maybe.

Your self-awareness is wonderful! You can work on changing these things one at a time to become a better person for others, but most of all, for yourself.

 

[George Newman]

Status update my fellow Aspie Central forum groupies. I meet in the morning with my psychologist. It's our normal time to sit and chat. I intend to secure support for my idea to start a group for high functioning adult autistics. Many voted here on the thread and the majority said they would attend a support group if they had access to one. I appreciate all the feedback each one of you provided. I am grateful for you and for Aspies Central. I will share the next step in this process tomorrow afternoon. Once a gain thank you all for your support. It's about us.

 

[Thinx]

Good luck George hope you have a good session and get the help you need with this.

 

[George Newman]

Status update my fellow Autismforums groupies. If you remember, I intended to secure support for my idea to start a group for high functioning adult autistics in my area. Many in this forum said they would be interested in attending a group if they had access to one. After talking with my therapist, I's been decided to not start a group. I appreciate all the feedback each one of you provided. I am grateful for you and for Autismforums. Maybe it isn't all about us ...

 

[I love roses]

I think it might work to have activities as well as whining time and discussion, plus some speakers or inputs on things that seem helpful. I can picture myself doing lego building perhaps we are all making a town so we each design a little house, then put them together. Then we sit and whine and blah. Then we have an input on something. I would enjoy that. And some outings to places of interest or walks?

The different approaches would make it more positive over all but still allow for some frustration venting.

 

[I love roses]

Status update my fellow Autismforums groupies. If you remember, I intended to secure support for my idea to start a group for high functioning adult autistics in my area. Many in this forum said they would be interested in attending a group if they had access to one. After talking with my therapist, I's been decided to not start a group. I appreciate all the feedback each one of you provided. I am grateful for you and for Autismforums. Maybe it isn't all about us ...

Well, one poster told me that we don’t all get along just because we are aspie. In real life, face to face, in some instances we could get along less depending on where people are on the spectrum. This forum is a safer place to learn and communicate in a safe way. To people diagnosed early, living with it may ben old hat and they may not relate to your late diagnosis as much. Aspie are among us all the time in real life. As you learn on here will will recognize the traits in real life. You don’t have to tell people you are aspie or ask them, but you will recognize some of them. However there is some masking but you’ll still pick up on some. I think there are more of these than we realize. There are also meet ups but they are few and far off. One in one city was a religious small group of about five and even though i’m religious I can be turned off by some types of religious. Plus i’m not driving hundreds of miles to a picnic and bible study. I can do that near home. I would like to attend a large meet up event though just to see what aspires only in one place would be like. But they may just seem like regular people. I do get lonely though and wish I could make close friends and maintain them and enjoy their company. A lot of regular people don’t care for me and even though i’m lonely i’m not always interested in their boring mindset. But you shouldn’t dispair. Focus on strengths unique to your aspie self that normal people don’t have and don’t worry about the deficits as much. You’ve always had them and made it this far. Find some interests you like and people that are interested in the same thing will be drawn to you.