Tag: communication
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Being anonymous blogger is not fun at all
It was a difficult decision, but at the same time I made it on a whim. I make loads of my decisions on a whim. I wouldn’t call myself impulsive though. I guess, impulsive for me means a person who goes after what they want, which I rarely do. I wish to believe that I’m […]
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Violence is not a symptom of psychosis
That’s a post I just saw on Instagram. Is says: Violence is not a symptom of psychosis. I read it and what I thought was: but I’m not violent. Does that mean I’m psychotic? That’s what that means to me, an autistic person with history of psychosis.
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‘That’s how I was brought up’
I came up with this type of response if someone at work will be asking me about stuff that I don’t want to discuss. ‘I don’t discuss my relationship status/financial situation/food choices with people that I don’t know well. That’s how I was brought up.’ That should hopefully give people a hint that 1. They […]
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Should I stop trying to be nice?
That’s what I’ve been thinking: a lot of my problems with people is caused by me trying to be ‘nice’ and comply with social rules that they choose for the conversation. For example I answer questions that I don’t want to answer only because they asked. And it doesn’t bring me anywhere, I didn’t make […]
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I feel discouraged
I didn’t do any visualisation for almost two days. I feel really silly that I can only visualise being successful, while I can’t visualise myself being understood and accepted at work for example. I have very little experience of ‘being myself’ with people and even the attempts of ‘unmasking’ didn’t really give me satisfaction. It […]
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Was I ever tactless?
I keep asking myself this question since yesterday evening and my answer is: being autistic I most likely was, but I don’t remember. Not even that I don’t want to remember, I really don’t. I believe I’m not like that at all since I realised I’m autistic, as I try to make an effort to […]
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How to avoid jargon in your communication – a really bad example!
https://www.nice.com/websites/cxone-next-gen-cx/ Ever heard that if you want to be a good communicator, you need to avoid jargon? Seriously, that website absolutely nailed it! I do not understand a single sentence! This is so unreal that it makes me laugh! You absolutely need to read it! (Unless you are neurotypical, then you may not find it […]
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How to know whether someone is lying?
I think it was just yesterday when I post about the interview with Malcolm Gladwell, the author of ‘Talking to strangers’, where he said that people are not very good at assessing when somebody is lying. I was a bit surprised with that, as I thought this only applies to autistics and now it looks […]
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How to talk to chatty people? (Not that I know)
I had a chat over email today with dr Kate Cooper, autism researcher from University of Bath. The chat was about how to communicate with talkative people at work. As I probably mentioned, in my line of work chatting is very common. Sometimes people get so absorbed in it that they look like they’re ignoring […]
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Malcolm Gladwell ‘Talking to strangers’ at Oprah’s
https://fb.watch/be5nVA5dLc/ This is a very interesting video: Oprah interviews Malcolm Gladwell, the author of ‘Talking to strangers’. The interview doesn’t mention autism but Malcolm states that quite a few people don’t express their emotions with their face expressions. Although, I presume, most of them don’t laugh when they are shocked or depressed, like I do […]
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