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Naive or not…

kiwipip

I’m interested in exploring the experience of people as an adult with autism and being assumed to be naive?

I think people have assumed this about me for some time that I’ve actually became excellent at seeing manipulation / patterns and have a level of self acceptance in that I don’t need to fit in for the sake of being included - I prefer to help people who struggle and are different and to do the right thing. I’m very happy with my own company and taking time out from social interactions.

What are other people’s experiences with their own company and needing to fit in? 

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  • I'm naive in face yo face situations.  Struggling a lot with irony, jokes (I don't recognise them at all) I usually need additional explanation to the situation, on daily basis. But if I get a call from CIA telling me, that my personal data was used for criminal activity, then sorry, I know it's a scam. I told them I'm gonna report them to the police and the CIA agent got scared and ended the call immediately hahaha! Of course the purpose of all this was to make me send them few hundred Euro in order to stop process of suing me. So there are situations that I see a manipulation or narcissistic behaviour or just a scam on the phone. Bit there are many situations when I get totally lost and it's easy to lie to me or manipulate me some ways. It was way worse in my childhood.  I used to do everything what someone told me, not to please people, but I simply didn't know, that I could or should refuse. And I still find myself sometimes in such situations and it leads me yo getting abused.

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  • I'm naive in face yo face situations.  Struggling a lot with irony, jokes (I don't recognise them at all) I usually need additional explanation to the situation, on daily basis. But if I get a call from CIA telling me, that my personal data was used for criminal activity, then sorry, I know it's a scam. I told them I'm gonna report them to the police and the CIA agent got scared and ended the call immediately hahaha! Of course the purpose of all this was to make me send them few hundred Euro in order to stop process of suing me. So there are situations that I see a manipulation or narcissistic behaviour or just a scam on the phone. Bit there are many situations when I get totally lost and it's easy to lie to me or manipulate me some ways. It was way worse in my childhood.  I used to do everything what someone told me, not to please people, but I simply didn't know, that I could or should refuse. And I still find myself sometimes in such situations and it leads me yo getting abused.

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