Be kind to yourself, aspies.

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You know your people skills probably aren't that bad at all. The number of "normal" people who don't have manners, aren't polite, and are poor communicators are astounding.

For example - social skills 101. If someone asks you to do something, and you don't want to do it - you communicate. You don't just ignore them.

Some "normal" people are seriously f*****g useless, so don't be so hard on yourself.

That's great advice. Thank you.

This reminds me of high school. Being weird socially is better than being a jerk socially. I was both though lol.

I think we tend to only focus on those who have the best social success and dismiss the rest.

I tend to be hard on myself, blame myself for my failures and put myself down for not achieving those of my age group have achieved. I need to relax, though, because part of this is due to autism.

I work in the trucking business. You'd be overwhelmed with the terrible social skills some drivers have.

You make a very good point

I am so incredibly hard on myself. I don't know if that is normal. I always want to be the best. I don't want to stand out, but at the same time I do.

Neurotypicals will s**t on us no matter what, so we might as well be kind to ourselves and each other.