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daydreamer84
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21 Jun 2013, 7:36 pm

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I typically study the environment more than other people, that, or I'm so focused on my inner thoughts that I don't notice anything at all.


I think I'm more like this. Sometimes I definitely study people but often I'm too wrapped up in my own thoughts and don't pay enough attention to them.



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21 Jun 2013, 7:42 pm

My girlfriend would be complaining that I stare too much.


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21 Jun 2013, 8:01 pm

All the time and constantly. I love studying and mentally making observations of everyone: all kinds and neurotypes. I study NTs to get a better sense of their conversational flow/what they expect from others, and people with ASD to see patterns in their behavior: both the commonalities and differences.


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21 Jun 2013, 8:36 pm

I do this too- especially in airports and studying how people relate to children as that is a special interest of mine. I have also gotten in trouble for staring before. It's a bit better now. People in public I don't know generally look at me weird and then I know to stop.



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21 Jun 2013, 9:13 pm

I like learning psych facts about people (that's what I study, after all!) and then applying them to others in a very scholarly sort of way. I also like to think about how to influence their behaviour or how they might try to influence mine. I guess it stems from my "control freak" tendencies, although I do not crave leadership in casual settings at all (perhaps as a result of trust).


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