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haven't been to the cinema for 14 years

yellow sunflower

Hi, 

I haven't been to the cinema for a very long time,due to all sorts of reasons. I feel like society expects you to go and feel a bit pressured into going. Do loads of people go,or is it just my imagination and I'm making myself go,just to follow the crowd? I would only ever go by myself-less pressure and only ever mid week-less people! Problem is,I haven't been for so long, can you leave halfway through if you get anxious? I remember in America,years ago,a cinema was bombed...is that likely to happen again?

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    NAS23179 said:

    Don't worry about 'normal' people - what's 'normal' anyway?

    Agree with this. I wouldn't go just because I felt that society somehow expected me to go. Perhaps I'm too self centred to go along with that!

    I would go if my partner wanted to go and I used to go when the kids were still at home.

    I would go if there was a film that I was interested in.

    Another reason for going might be that I wanted to prove to myself that I could go and that I didn't want my ASD to control my life too much. I think it is good to challenge yourself and to overcome obstacles. The sense of achievement can make the effort really worthwhile and you can then take a more considered view about going when it suited you rather than feeling pressured into trying to be "normal".

    When we went to the cinema the other week I was surprised to find that people were drinking wine, from a bar in the cinema, during the film. The cinema is a really old and small independent local cinema and the audience were very relaxed and able to enjoy the film without all of the commotion and busy-ness of a multiplex. There are a few of these dotted around the country - I would certainly recommend a smaller, single theatre cinema rather than one of the big multiplexes.

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    NAS23179 said:

    Don't worry about 'normal' people - what's 'normal' anyway?

    Agree with this. I wouldn't go just because I felt that society somehow expected me to go. Perhaps I'm too self centred to go along with that!

    I would go if my partner wanted to go and I used to go when the kids were still at home.

    I would go if there was a film that I was interested in.

    Another reason for going might be that I wanted to prove to myself that I could go and that I didn't want my ASD to control my life too much. I think it is good to challenge yourself and to overcome obstacles. The sense of achievement can make the effort really worthwhile and you can then take a more considered view about going when it suited you rather than feeling pressured into trying to be "normal".

    When we went to the cinema the other week I was surprised to find that people were drinking wine, from a bar in the cinema, during the film. The cinema is a really old and small independent local cinema and the audience were very relaxed and able to enjoy the film without all of the commotion and busy-ness of a multiplex. There are a few of these dotted around the country - I would certainly recommend a smaller, single theatre cinema rather than one of the big multiplexes.

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