Two Hollywood Phonies (@autumn)

enargeia @detondev@social.linux.pizza

some of yall i wanna talk to alot more but we both have our different things we usually talk abt and idk enough abt yours to strike up a convo and i never know how to ask random shit out the blue without pain and suffering for everybody and and and

Two Hollywood Phonies @autumn@cafe.autumn.town

@detondev just ask ! i don't bite !!

Two Hollywood Phonies @autumn@cafe.autumn.town

@detondev neither does anyone else

enargeia @detondev@social.linux.pizza

@autumn the general trend of me learning social skills as an autistic person is that it's mostly confidence

Two Hollywood Phonies @autumn@cafe.autumn.town

@detondev yeah it's also realising that people aren't annoyed by you and if you pop up to chat with them they'll probably be very happy to

it's also one thing to learn these skills, and another to traverse the hill of anxiety around doing it, like i know that people aren't annoyed if i do something normal, but sometimes i still struggle to take that next step to actually doing it.

ralen @ralen@social.linux.pizza

@autumn @detondev

people aren't annoyed by you andeif you pop up to chat with them they'll probably be very happy to

i wish that was true or at least i wish i could believe that
idk why but i feel i annoy everyone if im talking to them so i dont

Two Hollywood Phonies @autumn@cafe.autumn.town

@ralen the believing is the hard part. i still struggle with that myself so i can't offer any wisdom, but what helped was just kind of taking a leap of faith and just going for it though. you kind of have to do that if you want to get anywhere with that specific thing that's causing you anxiety.