i feel like laughing at your own mental jokes and subconsciously rehearsing conversations in your mind is totally normal. i do that from time to time. probably at least once a day. i don’t think those issues point towards autism (not a doctor, ofc). the first part is interesting. sometimes i am not that great at assessing people’s moods and feelings, but i’d say that overall, i am usually about 70-80 percent good at it. if you are concerned, i’d recommend going to talk to a profession whenever you can. it’s going to be ok tho. they will help you work thru these things❤️

A lot of men who masturbate *excessively in today’s Modern times often show high levels of anxiety. Same with smoking weed.

Smoking weed for non medical purposes provides little to no benefit whatsoever (it can provide a bit of self awareness); However, some say it’s to relieve stress but excess smoking has been linked to an increase in anxiety funny enough . If you’re a person that happens to do both it can be detrimental to your well being.

General people who behave in these behaviors subconsciously do so to “escape reality” therefore being involved in social circles or being able to communicate with people of opposite gender , heck even to build friendships with people within there own gender can be difficult

I would say see a professional if possible for the most accurate answer to this. I’m just weird about giving diagnosis to people online not being a professional and don’t want to lead anyone in the wrong direction. But my thoughts echo the general consensus of this thread

I don’t think it’s autism lol, I think you just need to interact with more people

I actually am pretty intelligent, like top of my class in school. That’s another thing that made me think of autism initially.

There’s too many posts to reply to everyone individually but thanks everyone for the support and advice. I’m going to think more about what I need to do.

No, I don’t really have many signs of ADD though

Well how long have you got lmao

I’ve never been good socially. But I’ve felt really bad at it in the last six weeks or so. I got a job at the start of June which involves me dealing with customers and s*** so maybe I’m just burnt out from too much interaction.

Thank you for your kind words ❤️

you smoke weed?

honestly i feel like this but it gets lot worse when i smoke daily

only thing to do is to practice and develop confidence around it, make sure you look decent and perhaps find a job or hobby where you have to talk to lots of different people

That’s interesting, my instinct is always to mind my own business but it often leaves me feeling spaced out. Maybe I need to change that.

i felt like this a few months ago, dont look into it too much trying to find a cause or overanalyzing your thoughts and behavior

just be friendly to people you see often at school or work and you will feel a lot better

if u feel awkward just remember most people do, the more u think about this s*** the harder it will be

I don’t smoke, I go out drinking like twice a week so maybe that’s f***ing with me?

I work like 30hours a week and volunteer when I have some free time. Obviously things aren’t going to linearly get better but I feel like I’m not making much progress at all.

as long as ur not blacking out on weeknights, going out drinking and talking to people is definitely a good thing to do

taking time off drinking or limiting yourself more never hurts tho

Anxiety

@Grif Most people are in the same boat, it's literally just COVID f***ed up everyone's social skills.

Best thing I could tell you is start observing everything, without giving it a meaning. And if you get used to this you will start to see that everybody and I mean everybody is going through some s*** and is feeling the same stress you do. Plus it gets you out of your head