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When will I learn to just keep my mouth shut?
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 455370" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Gcv, have you ever considered rehearsing?</p><p></p><p>When you're calm and not in the middle of a husband-panic, come up with a few neutral phrases that you can say to detach yourself from the conversation. Then say them over and over again. Out loud. Try different vocal inflections, try stringing phrases together, try coming up with variations on the theme so that you're not using the same words each time, etc. By doing so, you're creating a little neural pathway. Those phrases will come to mind and roll off your tongue easily.</p><p></p><p>This is one of the techniques I use to "pass for normal" among the neurotypicals. I am just AWFUL at small-talk, so I practice at home when I'm not in a real conversation. That way, people I'm talking to are not subjected to the Aspie Blank Stare when I run out of things to say that involve actual content. I've since found that it also works like a charm in stopping difficult child conversations dead in their tracks.</p><p></p><p>Might be worth a try...</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 455370, member: 3907"] Gcv, have you ever considered rehearsing? When you're calm and not in the middle of a husband-panic, come up with a few neutral phrases that you can say to detach yourself from the conversation. Then say them over and over again. Out loud. Try different vocal inflections, try stringing phrases together, try coming up with variations on the theme so that you're not using the same words each time, etc. By doing so, you're creating a little neural pathway. Those phrases will come to mind and roll off your tongue easily. This is one of the techniques I use to "pass for normal" among the neurotypicals. I am just AWFUL at small-talk, so I practice at home when I'm not in a real conversation. That way, people I'm talking to are not subjected to the Aspie Blank Stare when I run out of things to say that involve actual content. I've since found that it also works like a charm in stopping difficult child conversations dead in their tracks. Might be worth a try... Trinity [/QUOTE]
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