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How to Socialize? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/autism
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How do you get other people to speak with you? Usually I never know what to say in response.

Being a chatterbox hasn’t worked out too well throughout my life. Even in my second language, German, it’s evident im sort of a “parrot” when it comes to learned social phrases.

Socially exhausted right now and feeling like an alien.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If they mention something that you're not familiar with, e.g. an actor or a singer you don't know or don't know why they are being brought up, you could try asking them more follow up questions about it.

In the same way you enjoy sharing your interests with other people, other people also enjoy sharing theirs. If you show an interest in what they're talking about, you might learn something interesting about a new topic and you would be able to more easily share something you know that is relevant to what they are talking about if you know more about their interests.