Besides being depressed and mentally ill, what are you better at than other people?

[snooperdooper]

Something positive to think about. We all have strengths and weaknesses, what are you good at?

 

[fromange]

Hard question T-T
You already said it but I think I'm good at being understanding to suicidal thoughts and depression. Not super useful outside this site in my life tho.

 

[anonymoustache]

Family tech support

 

[Jadeith]

You already said it but I think I'm good at being understanding to suicidal thoughts and depression. Not super useful outside this site in my life tho.

Similarly. I can listen. I'm good at that or so i was told. And yes, it can be useful outside one's life. Understanding, even if not feeling exactly the same as speaker, can lessen someone's suffering. Sometimes even a lot.

Family tech support

Yup. Sounds familiar. Being that old breed which was supposed to be able to fix or make anything and everything.

 

[ScaredCutter]

probably easy adaptation to new things, when learning new things or picking up old things i used to do.

 

[Alex_Was_Here]

Listening

 

[Cosmophobic]

Sleeping.

 

[MissAbyss]

Introspection/self-reflection.

 

[MapleS]

making people realize how they feel

 

[Grav]

Organizing especially processes.

 

[telekon]

I wanna say nothing and also that that's okay. You don't have to better than others, you just have to like yourself.

To be fair I do play a lot of instruments.

 

[ForestGhost]

Being exceedingly mediocre at everything

My actual random autistic skill is mental math. What I would give to trade this for something more practical, like music or art ability :c

 

[dying_kwik2000]

I can do a grand jete and I used to have the splits when I would still stretch.

 

[SoulCage]

Funny enough, I do have one skill that I am kinda proud (?) of, but is rather useless nowadays.
People tell me I have a really good sense of direction. When walking/biking around (anywhere, even new places) I have little mental mini map in front of me and I kinda always know where to go by checking landmarks, my direction so far and sun position.
For a long time I always thought that everyone thinks this way, also my family was fairly good with that. But over time I met tons of people who get lost right away and realized that maybe... It's not so common after all.

 

[SchizoGymnast]

I'm good at telling people things about themselves that they aren't aware of.

 

[Irisse]

I guess I'm good at listening to people and keeping their secrets safe.

 

[Macedonian1987]

I know how to truly love. To be much more compassionate than other people, and to be much less of a fake person in general. These are my qualities that i posses.

 

[Ungeizefer]

Something positive to think about. We all have strengths and weaknesses, what are you good at?

I think I have some emotional intelligence from all the times I self-reflect.