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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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  • I struggle with the exact same thing !! It’s so hard socialising when you go through this every time. Wish I could offer some advice but it’s something I also struggle with. You’re not alone in this :( 

  • in reply to Wib

    Thanks for your reply. It actually helps to know I’m not alone Hugging

  • in reply to TismTisnt

    Yes absolututely, I've been doing this since I was about 6 years old I think. It started after I realised that I wasn't getting on with people and I wanted to analyse it to see if I could work out where I'd gone wrong. Over the years I learned what to say from copying other people, but because most of the time it's not natural to me I still make lots of social mistakes. Therefore I still feel that I need to go over almosst every interaction with people, to either reassure myself that I got it right, or to try to learn how to uimprove if I got it wrong. I'm 52 and sure this will never stop. Like everyone says here it's really exhausting!

  • in reply to John1973

    Yes, I hear you. Acceptance brain 

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