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Finding it hard to understand friendships with neurotypical individuals

Lozza

I am an Autistic adult who is constantly finding it hard to understand why it’s hard to communicate with friends over things. I either overthink or over explain and I was wondering if anyone else had any thoughts on this or experiences to share in regards a to how they navigate friendships with others who are neurotypical while being Autistic?

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  • For me its not what I say or how I say it, but the subjects they discuss are ones I have no interest in, like soap operas, and social media, I just stay quiet and don't join in, mostly they don't notice, they think I'm weird for not likling those things, so we mostly just talk about our dogs.

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  • For me its not what I say or how I say it, but the subjects they discuss are ones I have no interest in, like soap operas, and social media, I just stay quiet and don't join in, mostly they don't notice, they think I'm weird for not likling those things, so we mostly just talk about our dogs.

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