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Boredom and Asperger's

Jon

Hi I was wondering what thoughts other people with Asperger's have regarding 'boredom'.

I think the function of boredom is to make you do seomthing else. It is also linked with your reward process.

I am not sure that I easily recognise when I am or should be bored. i can find myself doing the same thing again and again or just not able to do anything - sort of in limbo or adrift. I find that routine and planning ahead really helps with focus and enables me to operate better. I don't often feel a sense of achievement or reward and therfore this may result in my not easily defining bored and not bored. I am making this sound more simple than it maybe really is.

Any thoughts?

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  • Silver100 said:

    I am not saying we don't get lonely and have some social needs, but I think we feel more lonely when in a social environment where we don't fit in than on our own, and prefer solitude to that. Some NTs seem to be almost afraid of being just with themselves.

    yep, I think there is a primal human need to be with other humans. Probably for safety or mating.

    ....I am not sure if its lonely that I always feel. Its sometimes that I just would  rather not be there. Its hard to connect - I am not that motivated to just 'chat' for example.

    Its not as straightforward that I want to be alone, I just don't feel ccomfortable with people.

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  • Silver100 said:

    I am not saying we don't get lonely and have some social needs, but I think we feel more lonely when in a social environment where we don't fit in than on our own, and prefer solitude to that. Some NTs seem to be almost afraid of being just with themselves.

    yep, I think there is a primal human need to be with other humans. Probably for safety or mating.

    ....I am not sure if its lonely that I always feel. Its sometimes that I just would  rather not be there. Its hard to connect - I am not that motivated to just 'chat' for example.

    Its not as straightforward that I want to be alone, I just don't feel ccomfortable with people.

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