Autistic girl community on Yik Yak | Do y’all just never know what to say to people you walk past on the street. Like I don’t know if I should smile, say hi, or say nothing 😭 i find myself looking at the ground so I avoid any glares from my missed social cue

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Autistic girl community 4w

Do y’all just never know what to say to people you walk past on the street. Like I don’t know if I should smile, say hi, or say nothing 😭 i find myself looking at the ground so I avoid any glares from my missed social cue

Anonymous 4w

i get so much anxiety from this. growing up everyone said hi to everyone but now no one really does. i get the most anxious about this when i’m walking on trails lol

Anonymous 4w

I usually wait to see if they smile- some people do. I usually do when I make eye contact w someone to make them feel more comfortable :)

Anonymous 4w

I smile and give a second of eye contact to acknowledge their existence then look away either forward around or at my phone

Anonymous 4w

I just try to smile back if I can, some neurotypicals find it rude if you don’t so😭😭

Anonymous

#1 4w

I’m from the south so I’m used to greeting everyone but now i’m in the north and no one does that… i’m just so lost on what to do 😭

Anonymous

OP 4w

true i don’t think people in the north greet each other at all. so i would just follow their lead i guess. i’ve heard they don’t like it when strangers greet them