Poll: how likely are you to try new things?

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3.) and ONLY if it's a close friend or my significant other. I otherwise never try "new things".

I will only try new things either alone or with one of the two mentioned above. I never try new things in public and that includes food. The last thing I want to do is make myself the laughing stock of the world just because I gagged on a piece of meat or tripped because I don't know how to run properly. I'm extremely physically uncoordinated.

I'm slowly getting better at this. My biggest 'new thing' is simply getting out and about again, regularly. Outings thrust upon me that I knew I couldn't avoid inspired dread; an insidious, crawling feeling of stranger's eyes boring into the back of my skull, making me walk crooked and look only at the ground. I want the day to come where I'll be able to enjoy new things/experiences on a regular basis, minimal anxiety, and not feel like a kite in strong winds with the string cut.

I chose #3, yet I feel I've come closer to #4; as "more often than not" I choose to occasionally try new things (without nudging from others) just to get away from the "same-old, same-old" for a few hours.

As for doing new things involving people, I'm split. It's great to try new things, and "soak in" an atmosphere of other people e.g., my experience gained by osmosis (common with Aspergers). Yet in other examples, I sense it's "a wisdom of sorts" to find "neat" new things that remain largely undiscovered (or at least overlooked) by most people.

For some reason (maybe Aspergers related) I've developed that "sixth sense" to spot those overlooked things! The "data-analyst in me" applies this wisdom of spotting overlooked things online, as well as spotting those undiscovered things offline (in the physical world)! The main purpose of trying new things is to step away from the computer for awhile!

Anyways, I might just choose a decisive #4 in the 'Poll: How Likely Are You to Try New Things?' the next time I vote; as the #4 option indicates some willingness to try new things with other people; even if these new things have long been discovered, and valued by an ample number of people!

I'm more likely to make new things. I don't like moving and having to remember a lot of new stuff, but about every 7 - 10 years I decide I'm in a rut and trash my life.

Thats interesting , do you think there is some sort of cycle that happens in your brain ( sort of like a 7 year itch ). I have not been Dx so don't know if I have ever had autistic burnout ( if such a thing exists and I know thats not what your referring to) but it does seem to happen every decade , maybe a just a coincidence.

After a move, I'm still running on optimism for a few years, getting used to the new situation and trying to make it work. Later, realism sets in, and the whole field of opportunity has evolved. After a few years, a neighbourhood has changed, and usually for the worse, leaving me with fewer connections. When I'm new, the meetings are full of strangers. After a while, I start seeing a lot of faces to avoid.
With my parents, there was never any sense of damage repair in relationships, just a longer list of things being ignored.

Sometimes it's the second one, sometimes the third.