I know I'm not everyone but what worked for me to become more social was watching African-American sitcoms as a kid. I grew up getting a feel for the the pattern of the language and the laughter was contagious. I learned when to laugh and where to emphasize my words.
I also learned to emphasize my weirdness to the point of comedic effect. I found I would have very imaginative ideas and my liberties with language varied greatly from others, so I learned to use this to my advantage. They say that there's a grain of truth behind every joke. For me at least this is very true.
Basically, laughter is laughing about our weaknesses which is a helpful coping method. So my advice to you, if you want to become more social and have a sense of humor is 1) emphasize your weaknesses to the point where it becomes intentional and you might people laughing with you not at you. It like distances yourselves from your weaknesses and says "hey, it's alright." And 2) listen to the way language flows. Draw pictures of what you think that flow would look like if you need to. Whatever it takes to get the rhythm down cause once you can do that, you may not relate mentally but emotionally you can, and that my friends makes a HUGE difference.
Again, there are no guarantee in this, I"m just sharing what worked for me.
I also learned to emphasize my weirdness to the point of comedic effect. I found I would have very imaginative ideas and my liberties with language varied greatly from others, so I learned to use this to my advantage. They say that there's a grain of truth behind every joke. For me at least this is very true.
Basically, laughter is laughing about our weaknesses which is a helpful coping method. So my advice to you, if you want to become more social and have a sense of humor is 1) emphasize your weaknesses to the point where it becomes intentional and you might people laughing with you not at you. It like distances yourselves from your weaknesses and says "hey, it's alright." And 2) listen to the way language flows. Draw pictures of what you think that flow would look like if you need to. Whatever it takes to get the rhythm down cause once you can do that, you may not relate mentally but emotionally you can, and that my friends makes a HUGE difference.
Again, there are no guarantee in this, I"m just sharing what worked for me.
