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Social Anxiety

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Interested to know if anyone else with ASD experiences this. I'm not sure how much there's a link. For me I think it was bullying linked in part to autism = development of social anxiety. 

I here people with ASD talk about anxiety, but I'm not clear how it manifests for them. I also see other autistic people who seem fine with talking in front of big groups of people etc.

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  • I suffer from anxiety about any action that doesn't have a 100% guaranteed outcome.   Little things like driving somewhere is hard because of the unknown traffic and having to find a parking space at the destination.    I often avoid going places because of that.  

    Bigger things cause more stress as the list of unknowns gets longer.    Social interactions are stressful because every second is completely unpredictable.   Most NT people do not have hobbies so their conversations revolve about their imaginary status, feelings and bitching about other people - and I'm out of my depth in those situations.   

    Dealing with aspies who have similar interests to me is easy because the subject is comfortable and predictable and safe and we aren't looking for opportunities to manipulate people.

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  • I suffer from anxiety about any action that doesn't have a 100% guaranteed outcome.   Little things like driving somewhere is hard because of the unknown traffic and having to find a parking space at the destination.    I often avoid going places because of that.  

    Bigger things cause more stress as the list of unknowns gets longer.    Social interactions are stressful because every second is completely unpredictable.   Most NT people do not have hobbies so their conversations revolve about their imaginary status, feelings and bitching about other people - and I'm out of my depth in those situations.   

    Dealing with aspies who have similar interests to me is easy because the subject is comfortable and predictable and safe and we aren't looking for opportunities to manipulate people.

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