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Dementia

Moon

Just curious about this. 

I have recently been sent a bunch of emails about this with some guidelines on how to help myself. One of these was socialising. Given the choice between meeting and talking to people on a social level and being by myself and enjoying life. Guess which one I would chose. 

The 2 seem opposed to each other. I have 1 friend that I absolutely trust with my life and that really is all I need. I even have to have a break from her. But not sure it counts as socialising.

has anyone any thoughts on this

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  • I think the 'staving off dementia' advice is aimed at allistics. Allistics tend to get lots of positive feedback and stimulation from social interactions, autistic people less so, or too much for comfort. I think it is more about keeping the brain active, rather than socialising as such. I keep my brain active by reading, writing stuff on Wikipedia and arguing with people about politics online. I think that whatever floats your boat and keeps your brain active and engaged is all that is required.

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  • I think the 'staving off dementia' advice is aimed at allistics. Allistics tend to get lots of positive feedback and stimulation from social interactions, autistic people less so, or too much for comfort. I think it is more about keeping the brain active, rather than socialising as such. I keep my brain active by reading, writing stuff on Wikipedia and arguing with people about politics online. I think that whatever floats your boat and keeps your brain active and engaged is all that is required.

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