Tropicalcows
Well-Known Member
I always knew I was a little different, but nothing seemed to explain why until I recently learned about Asperger's. I was a very shy yet bouncy child. I had an obsession with twisting my hair around my finger and eventually I started pulling my hair out too. I ran into walls constantly, and today I'm still clumsy.
As I got older, I grew more isolated from people. Being in social situations is draining, because I have to play make pretend. I've learned to copy others' behaviors. If I hadn't observed that people find long eye contact creepy, I would stare. So now I look away a lot. I make different facial expressions constantly, as I never know which is correct to make. I also display inappropriate emotions at times and say wrong comments (i.e. thank you instead of bless you). I have had many obsessions, the longest lasting being rabbits.
I'm a college student now with no friends. I live with my mom, and she helps me get by with "street smart" kind of issues. I constantly pick at the skin around my fingernails. I have no spatial skills, and have a very difficult time driving a car. Due to my deficit in a lack of direction, I can't travel anywhere unfamiliar without getting instantly lost. I have to constantly picture in my head where to go when in familiar territory.
It's weird, but my eccentricities (immature tastes, random facial expressions) have been considered cute by some boys and have gotten me dates. If only they knew.
As I got older, I grew more isolated from people. Being in social situations is draining, because I have to play make pretend. I've learned to copy others' behaviors. If I hadn't observed that people find long eye contact creepy, I would stare. So now I look away a lot. I make different facial expressions constantly, as I never know which is correct to make. I also display inappropriate emotions at times and say wrong comments (i.e. thank you instead of bless you). I have had many obsessions, the longest lasting being rabbits.
I'm a college student now with no friends. I live with my mom, and she helps me get by with "street smart" kind of issues. I constantly pick at the skin around my fingernails. I have no spatial skills, and have a very difficult time driving a car. Due to my deficit in a lack of direction, I can't travel anywhere unfamiliar without getting instantly lost. I have to constantly picture in my head where to go when in familiar territory.
It's weird, but my eccentricities (immature tastes, random facial expressions) have been considered cute by some boys and have gotten me dates. If only they knew.
