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nominalist
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23 Oct 2007, 9:45 am

I would sometimes show an interest in people, but it was almost never reciprocated. Once in a while, someone would pretend to befriend me. However, because I was so awful at reading nonverbal cues, I could not tell whether they were serious. I recall getting hurt quite a bit.


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23 Oct 2007, 10:44 am

I think I was pretty normal in how much I wanted to interact with other kids (and how much I did). That desire either got weaker as I got older, or else it's just because I can't fit in normally socially that I couldn't let myself feel that desire as much? Or some combination, I don't know.

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I would sometimes show an interest in people, but it was almost never reciprocated. Once in a while, someone would pretend to befriend me. However, because I was so awful at reading nonverbal cues, I could not tell whether they were serious. I recall getting hurt quite a bit.


I think that's happened to me too, which is why I have to operate from the position of assuming the worst.



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23 Oct 2007, 11:41 am

I suppose growing up, I tended to interact better with my brother & sister than kids at school as such, yes in the world of work fairly well was my adventures in that category at best.
These days, I'm somewhat reclusive but, not necessarily a hermit only, trying not to get hurt friendship wise..