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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-07-02 06:36 pm

[ SECRET POST #2008 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2008 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2012-07-03 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Another Asperger's anon

difficulty empathizing with others =/= unable to feel empathy. Even if you're faking it, the fact that you think it's worth faking in the first place means that you DO feel empathy.

What a lot of people don't realize is that social graces and cues can be a learned skill, they aren't gone forever, just harder for people like us to access. I've made great strides in it over the past few years and chances are you have too and just haven't noticed it.

You have nothing you need to be forgiven for, so don't beat yourself up for it.

(Anonymous) 2012-07-03 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
This is a good comment.

(Anonymous) 2012-07-03 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
This is true for people without Aspergers as well. I don't have Aspergers but I am really awful at social situations. Over the years I've learned to observe the people around me and pick up cues on how I'm supposed to act and handle different social skills. It's nothing to need an apology for.

(Anonymous) 2012-07-03 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
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(Anonymous) 2012-07-03 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yet another Asperger anon.


THIS. 'Lack of empathy' and 'social graces and cues are impossible for those with AS to pick up on' are just a couple of the misconceptions about AS that annoy me most.