To do this correctly...I'm going to list the symptoms from The NAS website and write down a personal explanation of my experience with the symptoms/traits/characteristics/phnarg 
Difficulty with social communication
"have difficulty understanding gestures, facial expressions or tone of voice"
- This I don't really have too much trouble with...sometimes I can get facial experessions and tone of voice mixed up: so I can't tell if someone's being serious, sarcastic, angry or joking. But otherwise this I don't really struggle with.
"have difficulty knowing when to start or end a conversation and choosing topics to talk about"
- Sometimes I will make a conversation at the wrong time, for example, when somebody is on the phone. Also, sometimes I can start a conversation but not know what to discuss and so a conversation normally goes as such: "Hey" "Hi" "How are you ?" "Good thanks, you ?" "Good thanks". Sometimes I'll decide to go onto the old "Wuu2" to try and spark a discussion...a method that usually fails.
"use complex words and phrases but may not fully understand what they mean"
- I've always been known by family members and acquaintances to have a very formal way of speaking, which is mostly percieved by others when I am online. It's just what I do. Though sometimes I'll use something like "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" (just an example...I know what this means now) randomly and when it has nothing to do with what I am talking about.
"be very literal in what they say and can have difficulty understanding jokes, metaphor and sarcasm. For example, a person with Asperger syndrome may be confused by the phrase 'That's cool' when people use it to say something is good."
- Never really got jokes like everyone else. And I will never pick up sarcasm (when I say never I mean very rarely, anyway). So don't even go there with me
"struggle to make and maintain friendships"
- I think I've made it clear on here that I have no friends. I don't see myself getting any friends in the future either...I just can't do it. Social interaction makes me feel SO tired, and getting to know people is just so hard for me. This leads me to feeling lonely quite a lot. Which is ****
"not understand the unwritten 'social rules' that most of us pick up without thinking. For example, they may stand too close to another person, or start an inappropriate topic of conversation"
- Ask my parents. Enough said. Lol. But no. Seriously. I do stand close to people a lot, and have put people off being my friend because I "invade their personal space". And from the inappropriate/awkward moments thread on here...I think you all know the bad things I have come out with. And there's a lot more.
"find other people unpredictable and confusing"
- Sometimes people just confuse me so much with the way they act and behave. As it says in my signature, I try to mimick people, which I can do quite well but at times can be impossible.
"behave in what may seem an inappropriate manner."
- Mhhhm.
No...sorry there's too much more. I can't do this LOL. Why not post your experiences though ?
Oh, but then there's the whole sensory issue thing. (See the Sensory Issues thread).
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Difficulty with social communication
"have difficulty understanding gestures, facial expressions or tone of voice"
- This I don't really have too much trouble with...sometimes I can get facial experessions and tone of voice mixed up: so I can't tell if someone's being serious, sarcastic, angry or joking. But otherwise this I don't really struggle with.
"have difficulty knowing when to start or end a conversation and choosing topics to talk about"
- Sometimes I will make a conversation at the wrong time, for example, when somebody is on the phone. Also, sometimes I can start a conversation but not know what to discuss and so a conversation normally goes as such: "Hey" "Hi" "How are you ?" "Good thanks, you ?" "Good thanks". Sometimes I'll decide to go onto the old "Wuu2" to try and spark a discussion...a method that usually fails.
"use complex words and phrases but may not fully understand what they mean"
- I've always been known by family members and acquaintances to have a very formal way of speaking, which is mostly percieved by others when I am online. It's just what I do. Though sometimes I'll use something like "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" (just an example...I know what this means now) randomly and when it has nothing to do with what I am talking about.
"be very literal in what they say and can have difficulty understanding jokes, metaphor and sarcasm. For example, a person with Asperger syndrome may be confused by the phrase 'That's cool' when people use it to say something is good."
- Never really got jokes like everyone else. And I will never pick up sarcasm (when I say never I mean very rarely, anyway). So don't even go there with me
"struggle to make and maintain friendships"
- I think I've made it clear on here that I have no friends. I don't see myself getting any friends in the future either...I just can't do it. Social interaction makes me feel SO tired, and getting to know people is just so hard for me. This leads me to feeling lonely quite a lot. Which is ****
"not understand the unwritten 'social rules' that most of us pick up without thinking. For example, they may stand too close to another person, or start an inappropriate topic of conversation"
- Ask my parents. Enough said. Lol. But no. Seriously. I do stand close to people a lot, and have put people off being my friend because I "invade their personal space". And from the inappropriate/awkward moments thread on here...I think you all know the bad things I have come out with. And there's a lot more.
"find other people unpredictable and confusing"
- Sometimes people just confuse me so much with the way they act and behave. As it says in my signature, I try to mimick people, which I can do quite well but at times can be impossible.
"behave in what may seem an inappropriate manner."
- Mhhhm.
No...sorry there's too much more. I can't do this LOL. Why not post your experiences though ?
Oh, but then there's the whole sensory issue thing. (See the Sensory Issues thread).
Love
mikkyh
<3
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