Lacking Confidence

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I’ve been a member of WrongPlanet now for half a year and I want to take part more in the forums but as you can see I’ve only posted 8 times. I’ve wanted to post for 3 weeks now but it just seems that there is something holding me back, even though the community as a whole within the site is very positive and “safe”.

It most definitely is a confidence issue, but having said that, I am building confidence, but it’s taking a VERY long time to do so, but I guess this is a start, I just hope it doesn’t fade away and I sink back into the shadows for another 6 months.

Also I’m not saying that I feel like I have to post, I just see a lot of things on here that relate to me, and a few things in my life that I feel I want to post about. Anyway I’m harping on too much; this isn’t necessarily a negative post, as I’ve decided to post in the first place

It gets easier with time. Don't take slow responses personally. I had to learn that slowly.

It will get easier, with time.

I'm like that on a lot of boards. I'll only post when i have a question or something, and then it'll seem like people either don't care what i have to say, misunderstand me all the time, or think i'm annoying, so i eventually stop saying anything. Here no one really knows how to connect with other people though, so there's not a lot of expectations placed on what you say. It's a given that people are going to sound unusual sometimes on a board for autistic people, so there's not as much need to be nervous about what you're saying

Try not to worry to much and just try one topic at a time to start. One of the best things about this site is the wide range of topics and I think people always take the time to put their opinion across which is usually very informative. Youare heading in the right direction anyway