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Confusion after interactions

TismTisnt

I’d like to just ask a question please. 
After I have interacted with ANYONE, I come away unsure how it went and feeling like I want to go back over some of the conversation with them. To check what each interaction meant and to clarify what I meant because their comments or actions left me feeling misunderstood. Is this autism? Do others experience this? Is there anything I can routinely do to stop the lengthy mental torture of it keep coming back in my mind trying to work out the truth & facts and feel ok?

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  • This resonates with me. I often feel sick after speaking in a meeting at work or after a social event. Even though I’m sure it was actually fine. From what others have told me I don’t think this is 100% unique to  us  as autistic people (apparently introverted NTs also feel a bit of this), but I do think it’s harder for us because of the exhaustion factor (being exhausted by taking part in the event and being exhausted thinking about it afterwards). I like what others have said here about mechanisms for coping with this feeling. 

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  • This resonates with me. I often feel sick after speaking in a meeting at work or after a social event. Even though I’m sure it was actually fine. From what others have told me I don’t think this is 100% unique to  us  as autistic people (apparently introverted NTs also feel a bit of this), but I do think it’s harder for us because of the exhaustion factor (being exhausted by taking part in the event and being exhausted thinking about it afterwards). I like what others have said here about mechanisms for coping with this feeling. 

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