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Feeling self conscious about my Autism

Kitsune

Am I the only one who occasionally gets overwhelmed by my own weirdness?
I usually manage to bumble along, happy in my own little world. But tonight, I’ve run two lots of Beaver Scouts single handedly and did it well. I just feel very over conscious of how terrible my social skills are when I’m talking with the parents. I don’t respond ‘normally’ to what they say, I don’t pick up on social cues and I avoid eye contact. I’m just convinced that the parents all find me very odd!

Parents

  • I feel overwhelmed most days, I know that if I let on that I am not like my colleagues or those in the existing social circle I will be excluded and this I have experienced and it feels awful, worse that being exhausted by the constant up keep of their expectations. 

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  • I feel overwhelmed most days, I know that if I let on that I am not like my colleagues or those in the existing social circle I will be excluded and this I have experienced and it feels awful, worse that being exhausted by the constant up keep of their expectations. 

Children
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    Hi, Sorry to hear that you feel overwhelmed most days. Having to pretend to be something you are not can get exhausting, I reserve the masking for when I am working or running Beavers, otherwise it just gets too much. Do you have friends or other people that you are able to be your true self in front of?