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What an odd thing to say to youDuring a difficult decade my self perception was at an all time low, I shared a detail with a colleague about having acquired a few enemies in my ex family in law, to which she exclaimed she couldn't imagine how I could be so disliked as I would never do something to hurt another on purpose.
It stayed with me, it was a jolt of reality cutting through the fog reminding me of my true self.
did the church ppl say it with actual surprise?People from church all the time say this. Especially my friends. Not my parents who always says I am selfish and nasty.
I imagine the noose guy wearing a trench coat...
interesting do you have an example?One of the earliest social lessons I learned was that if two people did identical things, those around them could have totally different reactions.
I'd ask why there was a guy with a trenchcoat and noose, but then I've learned to not to ask questions I don't want to know the answer to...That is dead on
A few times i have made an absurdist and ironic joke with a deadpan delivery, people dont get it, laugh patronisingly and assume i actually believe what im saying and explain why i am wrong to say it, and dont believe me when i try to say i was joking. I can only assume they think i am stupid, or intellectually disabled, which was quite an eye opener.I've had quite a few times wherein people assume I need significant help, I don't work, talk to me like I'm a child, etc. And then get surprised when I adapt more intelligently than they expect.
I don't mind that I come across as intellectually disabled. It allows me to see a more gentle side of humanity than most people experience.
A few times i have made a deadpan, absurdist and ironic joke, people dont get it, laugh patronisingly and assume i actually believe what im saying and explain why i am wrong to say it, and dont believe me when i try to say i was joking. I can only assume they think i am stupid, or intellectually disabled, which was quite an eye opener.
edgelord gonna edgeI'd ask why there was a guy with a trenchcoat and noose, but then I've learned to not to ask questions I don't want to know the answer to...
Being underestimated gives you the element of surprise when you show your hand (poker reference because its my new fixation lol)I've had quite a few times wherein people assume I need significant help, I don't work, talk to me like I'm a child, etc. And then get surprised when I adapt more intelligently than they expect.
I don't mind that I come across as intellectually disabled. It allows me to see a more gentle side of humanity than most people experience.