Re: I found out where the limits of my progress has taken me so far....

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,It can be hard to figure out where faith ends and perseveration begins, for those with a special interest in Scripture. If your congregation takes the Bible seriously, then sharing a favorite Scripture can be a great ice-breaker, and referring to fun links to the Bible (do not be condemning- that's the KOD to a good conversation) can keep it going if it lags. Then, if three people are talking, the other two can carry the more NT-ish parts if you get stuck, but you can still put things in here and there. After awhile, you will gain in strength, as central coherence finslly kicks in (yes- if you are like me, it can take awhile). wrote: I was a workshop this evening and thought this would be an environment where I would be around individuals of all ages. Wrong. I was one of the youngest people (40) in the room because the vast majority were old enough to be my parents. Made it difficult for me to socialize with others. I would have done better being around people my own age or a mixed age crowd. However, I give kudos to myself for not leaving and for sticking things out. This was at a "congregational setting" (sorry for being PC'ish but I don't want to offend anyone), so wouldn't have been around a lot of people probably who had Asperger's or ADD.

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,It can be hard to figure out where faith ends and perseveration begins, for those with a special interest in Scripture. If your congregation takes the Bible seriously, then sharing a favorite Scripture can be a great ice-breaker, and referring to fun links to the Bible (do not be condemning- that's the KOD to a good conversation) can keep it going if it lags. Then, if three people are talking, the other two can carry the more NT-ish parts if you get stuck, but you can still put things in here and there. After awhile, you will gain in strength, as central coherence finslly kicks in (yes- if you are like me, it can take awhile). wrote: I was a workshop this evening and thought this would be an environment where I would be around individuals of all ages. Wrong. I was one of the youngest people (40) in the room because the vast majority were old enough to be my parents. Made it difficult for me to socialize with others. I would have done better being around people my own age or a mixed age crowd. However, I give kudos to myself for not leaving and for sticking things out. This was at a "congregational setting" (sorry for being PC'ish but I don't want to offend anyone), so wouldn't have been around a lot of people probably who had Asperger's or ADD.

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I don't understand why it was hard to be with these people.. jkz - really caring and interested. ,It can be hard to figure out where faith ends and perseveration begins, for those with a special interest in Scripture.  If your congregation takes the Bible seriously, then sharing a favorite Scripture can be a great ice-breaker, and referring to fun links to the Bible (do not be condemning- that's the KOD to a good conversation) can keep it going if it lags.  Then, if three people are talking, the other two can carry the more NT-ish parts if you get stuck, but you can still put things in here and there.  After awhile, you will gain in strength, as central coherence finslly kicks in (yes- if you are like me, it can take awhile).   <msrpsilverlycos> wrote:I was a workshop this evening and thought this would be an environment where I would be around individuals of all ages. Wrong. I was one of the youngest people (40) in the room because the vast majority were old enough to be my parents. Made it difficult for me to socialize with others. I would have done better being around people my own age or a mixed age crowd. However, I give kudos to myself for not leaving and for sticking things out. This was at a "congregational setting" (sorry for being PC'ish but I don't want to offend anyone), so wouldn't have been around a lot of people probably who had Asperger's or ADD. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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Try having AS sometime and see what it feels like.

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> > I was a workshop this evening and thought this would be an

environment

> > where I would be around individuals of all ages. Wrong. I was one

of

> > the youngest people (40) in the room because the vast majority

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> > enough to be my parents. Made it difficult for me to socialize

with

> > others. I would have done better being around people my own age

or a

> > mixed age crowd. However, I give kudos to myself for not leaving

and

> > for sticking things out. This was at a " congregational setting "

(sorry

> > for being PC'ish but I don't want to offend anyone), so wouldn't

have

> > been around a lot of people probably who had Asperger's or ADD.

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> > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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Ok.. I understand you now.

The reason I had problems I did on Wednesday night in not talking to

people is that I didn't feel comfortable in the environment where I

was. Plus it was a bad time. I came thinking I would be around

bunch of people for a few minutes when it was more like 40+ minutes

before everything broke up. I wasn't in the mood to say anything

much anyway. Everyone was eating and I didn't want to get in the way

of talking to people while they were eating.

Hope this helps,

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> > > > I was a workshop this evening and thought this would be an

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> > > > where I would be around individuals of all ages. Wrong. I was

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> > > > the youngest people (40) in the room because the vast majority

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> > > > enough to be my parents. Made it difficult for me to socialize

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> > > > others. I would have done better being around people my own

age

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> > > > mixed age crowd. However, I give kudos to myself for not

leaving

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> > > > for sticking things out. This was at a " congregational

setting "

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> > > > for being PC'ish but I don't want to offend anyone), so

wouldn't

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> > > > been around a lot of people probably who had Asperger's or

ADD.

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[Guest guest]

Hi ...

Thanks for the willingness to understand what your husband is going

through and for trying to put yourself in his shoes. I don't blame

him for feeling the way he did. I empathize for how he felt. To

think that maybe he would be acknowledged for testing for his belt

and for not being given any attention. I can understand children

getting attention from others. But even we adults want attention as

well. Only human nature.

I am sure he might have felt confused about what to do. Perhaps you

can sit down with him some more and work through this together so

when future situation as this happens, things will be better.

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> > > I was a workshop this evening and thought this would be an

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> > > where I would be around individuals of all ages. Wrong. I was

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> > > the youngest people (40) in the room because the vast majority

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> > > old

> > > enough to be my parents. Made it difficult for me to socialize

> with

> > > others. I would have done better being around people my own age

> or a

> > > mixed age crowd. However, I give kudos to myself for not

leaving

> and

> > > for sticking things out. This was at a " congregational setting "

> (sorry

> > > for being PC'ish but I don't want to offend anyone), so

wouldn't

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