Published on 12, July, 2020
Gt granddaughter is 1 today. She's having a party tomorrow. I'm going but am dreading it. The whole socialising thing outside of immediate family/stepfamily is so damn hard . Initiating conversations a no no, body posture - am I looking gone out/like a freak? , sitting their in awkward silence while the conversation flows around me .
Borrowed from aspergers100.com
Here are a few basics to help you in social situations:
Aaaah, that's actually really helpful.
I used to think of topics to talk about before social gatherings, but I do find they only help for a few minutes.
I seriously have no idea what people spontaneously talk about.
Most of the topics I'd want to talk about ,such as mental health and politics , are conversational non starters. Also how and when do you go up to someone and start engaging in conversation? Then there's the whole thing of processing your responses in real time which probably equates to being spontaneous .