"Wow, you can't get along with anyone!"

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A casual aquaintance of mine said this the other day after I told him how I got kicked out of my house after fighting with my landlord. I have always had trouble "getting along" with people, whether coworkers, housemates, or family members... even others on this forum.

I know Aspies have communication issues in general, to which this may be attributed, but I'm wondering if I'm just a bad person. A lot of the people in this forum sound like their social problems are caused more by shyness/lack of engagement than by getting into fights with others. Maybe this is because I interact more with people as I am not able to avoid these confrontations (whereas I would be if I lived at home and/or wasn't employed), or maybe I am just trying to comfort myself.

Can anyone here relate? (or offer insight please?)

I used to argue with people but not much anymore, not in person, anyway. I talked to a neighbor the other day without having a panic attack and it was cool. Sometimes I get shortness of breath when talking to them but I am recovering, it's obvious because of how I was able to have a conversation the other day.

I grew up around people who had lots of issues and it left me in a state of near total fear but now they haved moved I am sooo much better. Sometimes all you can do if you have people in your life you cannot get along with for whatever reason and they are doing things that jeopardise your well being, is seperate yourself from them.

There's been so much bad press about Aspies because of FAAAS but they have to keep in mind often we are the ones who have to deal with really hateful people. They tend to be drawn to us. Sometimes nice people might think it's okay to treat us badly because they sense there's something about us. I can't explain how their intuition works, exactly, but I believe the way they treat us has something to do with what their intuition tells their subconscious minds about us otherwise how do we attract numerous people who act the same way towards us? Often these are people who are well liked by others and they don't treat them the same way as us but they justify the way they act toward us and then they try to make us into the bad guys which is what some in this FAAAS organization are prolly doing. I have had people in my life who treated me really horribly and at the same time, tried to fool others into believing I was the bad one with so many faults. It's like some kind of projection.

I get in arguments a lot. I like to view my self as a conservative, but the truth is, I'm probably not.
I won't talk to anyone who uses the term, 'gay' as a derogatory term, if someone talks about what their wedding will be like I feel inclined to rant about how pointless the ceremony is.
I also always have viewed my self as someone who doesn't oppose there views, but I really do. It's go to the point where I can't talk to a Christian who I take seriously without arguing with them.
I argue a lot, it's the only time I'm confident I'm right. With everything else I always think I've said something wrong.
I don't know, I can't help it. All I know is that if I just let whatever the person's said that I object to slip pass I'll be 10 times more frustrated than whatever the consequences of a heated argument would make me(poorly conducted sentences=win).
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I can relate to this extremely well. I would estimate around 90% of my social problems can be attributed to my tendency for getting into fights with everyone.

I have no answers for you though. People in general just provoce me and I like talking down to them and insult them.

I lost jobs because of arguing with people. As I matured, I learned to pick my battles. People still really piss me off when they are being incredibly stupid, but I learned for the most part, that it's a waste of energy getting angry with them. It doesn't make them any smarter, and it wears me out.

I like to think of myself as non-confrontational, but when I go out in public I am always finding myself in skirmishes with people. I find so much of the "public" to be rude and selfish and just plain stupid. I would never say that anywhere but here, but I know so many can relate.

I am very sensory-sensitive, and so loud, annoying, oblivous people drive me out of my mind. I try to avoid them, but they're everywhere. And sometimes I find myself calling people on it. I once got into a big argument with a lady whose 6-ish year old child was sitting behind me, kicking my chair repeatedly. I asked her to stop twice (very nicely!) and the third time when I turned around the woman told her daughter "it's ok honey, some people just don't like kids". I should have said, "um, kids are fine, it's parents like you that bother me." So we got into it and I got so mad I left the place. Sigh... stuff like that.

I have a HUGE problem with "as*hole management". People tell me I should pick my battles, but I just cannot bring myself to sit and listen to ignorance and not take someone up on it.

I will also never understand why it is often accepted in social circles that some members and be ignorant and rude and they are tolerated indefinitely. A guy I worked with once had a huge go at me for wearing dark lenses, saying I should take them off, even though my eyes seize shut and discharge. When I explained this, he threw a huge fit, saying they were the wrong kind and I should get tinted lenses instead of uber dark ones. I got angry and in his face, and he shut up. When I complained about him to others in the group I was working with, this woman actually told me I was being rude.

I have always behaved the same way as you have towards people, Zoonic, like a social Robin Hood. However I believe you are projecting when you say that NT's are pathetic, small-minded stuck up people with a suitcase full of inferiority complex...even if some do have pathetic tendencies. They just have different ones than aspies.

Its not you its them the only defence is to be really nice confusing the hell out of them.