I have discovered a new autistic horror. Those company workshops where people have to talk about their values and do group brainstorming. It's a oneway ticket to alienation seeing how out of a phase with others you are with either the form or the foundation of your answers. Add in, trying to ask questions to understand what you're supposed to be doing and the facilitator just repeats the directions again. It's a frustrating and depressing experience.
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Nuclear Oatmeal
in reply to donthatedontkill • • •I'm an old, and kind of a jerk at times, so have no problem making someone who's making me feel uncomfortable, feel uncomfortable themselves.
"Ok, that's what you just said before." Dead stare establish dominance look. (It can be learned via practice.)
"Now explain it to me like I'm autistic."
Hand the discomfort back to them.
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Irina
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You can learn it younger. I've been doing it since I was in my late 20s and was pretty sure I had that Asperger thingy.
It made me review my drama classes in HS and the LARGE state diagram I'd created regarding how people work. I decided thar mostly friendly, humorous, but immovable was the foundation that would get me through when dealing with these weird thinkers.
The "establish dominance" look was something I practiced in the mirror. A lot.
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