I'm odd

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Hey ppl i have a mix of social anxiety and mild autism.

Sometimes some people look at me for long time it sucks because i think im odd when they look at me too much. And i cant feel relaxed outside i just get nervous. Can i fix my weirdness or at least can i fix my nervous personality?

And i have another question but ill ask it in another topic later today because its not related to this at all.

Thanks in advance for your help

No answers really? Im disappointed

I'll reply to your post. I also have social anxiety and mild autism. Some people think of me as odd or weird or whatever, but I don't let it bother me, and neither should you. Try to think of yourself as special and unique. That's how I think of myself and I'm proud of it! I actually like having autism and other mental disorders. It makes me who I am. Also, it helped me get Social Security benefits and a free bus pass. It's like I'm being rewarded for being disabled; mentally, that is. Do other people tell you that you're odd? Can you try to explain to them that you have mild autism? I've tried doing that, and it worked with only some people. Others, like my step relatives, don't believe that I'm autistic. They probably think that I'm just making excuses for my behavior. Well, that's on them if that's what they want to think. Ok, I hope this helped you out and I hope you get more replies. Good luck!

I have autism, generalized anxiety, and a couple of other mental health diagnoses and sometimes I come across as weird. I was kind of lucky that as a child I was intensely interested in theater, because participating in writing and acting classes both taught me how to mask it slightly (though people familiar with autism are always able to tell) and also gave me a place where weird was accepted. I'm now an actor and a writer and don't really mind coming across as weird - at least when you're an actor/writer, weird makes you interesting. My social life doesn't look like everyone else's, but I'm accepted and maybe even good at what I do, and that usually makes me feel okay enough.

It took me more than 20 years to find my people, but they were out there.

I'm an oddball. I'm glad I'm not an evenball.

You're odd. I'm even. Add us both together, and we're both odd. Multiple us together, and we are even.

There's strength in numbers, my friend.

what about an odd number raised to the power of an even number?

Or an even number raised to the power of an odd number?

I'm odd too. You'll get along here just fine

I often feel like I don't fit in, but I've moved around enough and lived long enough to meet other odd people and I have a little net of friends. We don't live near each other, but we get together every once in a while and be odd together, which is just our normal, then we scuttle back to our homes.

Anxiety is difficult though, especially in combination with autistic traits. Now I know that some of my traits are offputting, but I don't know how offputting they are which makes me more anxious. It's a bit of a feedback loop that I can't seem to get out of.

I don't know what the answer is other than to keep trying and have a good sense of humour. No one is perfect, even NTs make mistakes, and sometimes that is the best way to learn