[gnaritas]

> Every interaction becomes a frantic tree search through the set of conversational rules I learned from those and other advice books.

You have Aspergers?

[tacoman]

I don't, but this basically sums up how I fell about these types of books. I think the answer though is to practise until it doesn't feel like a that.

[gnaritas]

Practice doesn't help if you're brain is literally wired differently. Practice can only cover up with intellect a deficiency in behavior that others do automatically and unconsciously, which means no matter how good you get at faking it, it's still going to be exhausting and aggravating because you lack the underlying natural behaviors.