I have just heard from my friend that she is leaving.
she is 52, and my only peer left in the group… a 37 y o male left as well
I will be stuck with four 22 year old women and a 24 year old guy.
I am 40, so 18 years older than most of them and they look through me as though there is not a person in there… It’s upsetting.
I am Aspie and schizophrenic. i have 4.5 weeks to go until it will not be a big fail that i have left because our show ends on the 20th Dec
anyone have any advice on how to talk to a bunch of 22 year olds when they are in a sort of nasty Clique?
my stress levels got very high a couple of weeks ago, i’ve gone on a higher dose of meds to tackle it…
i hope i can just keep going though… if they want to start a company that goes on after that let them… i just have to make it till 20th Dec
I have to co write the whole thing by the 3rd saturday coming
I’m not confident though… i don’t know how to be confident with this lot… i don’t like their ideas i think it’s all pretty high school…
Today for example after no one liked my ideas i just shut up for the rest of the whole day
i don’t act elder, and they don’t respect me like one
Practice communication w/your team, and seek collaboration. If it doesn’t work, you’ll find one that will. It’s hard to act w/a team that you don’t feel comfortable in, but sometimes harder to find one that you are. Stick with your friend until she leaves and go from there.
I used to write a lot about primate socialization in Jr. High and High School for this reason. I was pretty solid in my group of friends by High School, but in Jr. High I was more on the outside looking in.
Are you okay with flying under the radar?
If you think it won’t end in disaster maybe take the passive role of spurring on the ideas of others. Give the kids a chance to voice their opinions and be the leader who says, “yes, let’s try that,” or “maybe not right now.” They will hate you for saying no, because they are young and don’t know the true meaning of, “no.” Let them have their head, show the whip when they slack, and whip them when they’re really out of order.
