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Were you stupid in high school?
- Thread starter Spiderman
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For me, it's all....
Why stop there?
Why stop there?
After high school, I picked up some social skills.
Those things did not come naturally. But about
30 years later, I started getting the hang of things.
Those things did not come naturally. But about
30 years later, I started getting the hang of things.
VoidCat
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I wonder if I ever will have decent social skills? My social skills tutor thinks it's unlikely because of my autism and said something about nobody will ever accept me if I act like I'm autistic but it's not like I can change my brain to be non-autistic and I'm thinking of stop going to her...
Skills, like recognizing situations where you need them, can be learned.
@Shadow Wolf is knowledgeable.
VoidCat
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You posted it twice.
Fixed!
Spiderman
Veteran Member
I'm not the same guy I was in high school. I am actually the opposite.
I was seriously stupid in high school like a fish out of water or a nerd in the middle of jocks. I wound up in an environment where being a nerd was valued and rewarded.
So part of the "solution" was to realize what I was good at rather than trying to turn myself into something I was not.
So part of the "solution" was to realize what I was good at rather than trying to turn myself into something I was not.
I've matured a little as well.
Salvador
RF's Swedenborgian
I did some foolish acts in High School. In High School, I carried a spray bottle where I'd replaced cologne with sulfuric acid, which I was prepared to use against my High School bully tormentors. I learned my lesson that this was not a wise practice, when the bottle of battery acid leaked and ruined a pair of my Levis jeans.
I'm not the same guy as I was in High School, because I'm not a scrawny little punk kid any more; on the down side, I'm not as quick as when I was in High School.
I'm not the same guy as I was in High School, because I'm not a scrawny little punk kid any more; on the down side, I'm not as quick as when I was in High School.
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I'm obviously the same person, although I've changed over the years. For me, elementary school was the absolute worst. Junior high school was a bit better since we switched classes every 45 minutes. In elementary school, I had to sit next to the same obnoxious jerks all day long, but at least I was spared that in junior high. Between 9th and 10th grade, my family moved to Arizona, so I was in a new school where nobody knew me. For some reason, I found that easier to concentrate on my studies; I got better grades.
I did start to get stupid when I got to college, or at least, I did some rather foolish and questionable things. I wasn't a sociopath, or at least I don't think I was. Maybe I was; a lot of what happened during those years is a bit of a blur to me.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Yes. Leave her, because she's an idiot. You'll probably never be as fluent in social situations as a neurotypical, but with effort even with later in life intervention we can pass for "close enough."
I say that as both someone with Asperger's and a mental health professional. You do need to act more like regular people to an extent (social relationships are very difficult to establish otherwise) but most people are tolerant of a few quirks.
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Salvador
RF's Swedenborgian
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