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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 don't suffer social anxiety but I do find group socialising incredibly difficult, to the point I don't do it anymore. I can't process the information fast enough to be able to make a meaningful contribution to the conversation, especially as I struggle to filter out the background noise.

    I've often presented to large groups 50+ and don't find this to be a problem as the room is silent apart from when I encourage interactivity. If I get asked a question and no I won't be able to process a comprehensive answer fast enough I use it as an autism awareness-raising opportunity and ask the person to write it down and explain I'll get back to them later.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    I don't suffer social anxiety but I do find group socialising incredibly difficult, to the point I don't do it anymore. I can't process the information fast enough to be able to make a meaningful contribution to the conversation, especially as I struggle to filter out the background noise.

    I've often presented to large groups 50+ and don't find this to be a problem as the room is silent apart from when I encourage interactivity. If I get asked a question and no I won't be able to process a comprehensive answer fast enough I use it as an autism awareness-raising opportunity and ask the person to write it down and explain I'll get back to them later.

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  • in reply to Former Member

    I can relate to your first paragraph.

    I struggle with presentations to a group; yes because of my social anxiety, but also in part I think due to my autism. I struggle to share my eye-contact round the room, or run the risk of intensely starring at one poor unfortunate individual. Also my mind can just go completely blank and I can't see anything other than grey.