DesFIP
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Joined: 11/25/2007 From: Apple County NY Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: camille65 I've always felt a little bit weird. Like there are rules I don't quite understand when it comes to social interaction, unspoken rules that others know about but I just can't get the hang of. When talking to people I feel awkward and stilted, small talk is an incredible chore for me. Group interaction is even worse because it is like a whole bunch of people are leaving me behind and I can never catch up. You aren't alone. Most likely it is more common to feel alien than not, people just don't admit it. The important thing to remember is that others don't see this when they look at you. They look at you and feel they are the one who can't cope. What's going on is that we compare the way we feel inside to how people look outside. We've all picked up the ability to make small talk on the weather etc which makes us look comfortable doing it, even though we don't feel that way. And this is the reason self help groups work, we get to compare how we feel inside to how everyone else feels inside and discover we are just like everyone else, not alien after all.
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