I’ve been meaning to make this post for a while, but hadn’t gotten around to it. However, i feel bad to have this topic discussed in ‘worst experiences ever’ so I thought now was a good time as any. Apologies for the long post. Note: Please be respectful in this thread and avoid controversial topic…

[image] flowntheloop: My mother finds me and I exclaim “I can’t wear it now, can I?” There are a multitude of stories like this (paired with things like hyperlexia, selective mutism, etc) that make me ponder why my early traits were not detected. Simple: because they were assumed to be naught…

I find it very difficult to interact with people in real life. Online it’s almost impossible. I just don’t understand a lot of what people say. In “real life” I can work around this, but online it’s really hard. Comments I make online go around and around and around and around in my head for days or…

[image] 0x4372616967: I love nature and always mean the best in everything I say That is as much as anyone could ever ask for :) the whole idea of “being normal” is kind of bullshit. every “normal” person* I’ve ever met has been boring, petty, and generally unpleasant to be around. I would m…

[image] 0x4372616967: Even though I have no real understanding of how to relate to people I am trying. I will make mistakes and, trust me, I will remember and dwell on these mistake for years and years. Sometimes, and maybe quite often, there really are days when it is the other person who is…

[image] 0x4372616967: Comments I make online go around and around and around and around in my head for days To me that feels normal. Sometimes I have to go back to that comment and try to find a way forward. iNat says - be kind. And most of us are. You are, among friends here.

[image] cazort: I’m also very smell-oriented. That’s one thing I find is missing on iNaturalist… It’s a closed topic now, but have you had a peek at this thread? https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/scents-and-odors/12553/23

Re-opened it in case anyone wants to add something.

I try to be normal, I honestly do. But I think my use of words lets me down. I rarely address a person. I use words like “i”, “my”, “think”, profusely in my comments. I use these words to subtly (or not) suggest that my comments are my opinion and I’m not attacking a person but rather a concept. Thi…

awwwwww. i don’t want you to feel broken or like you should be ‘normal’. you are good how you are, but you’re trying to socially interact based on social rules and cues that don’t work with your brain type. If you haven’t yet i’d suggest trying interactions with the autistic community online. When y…

I don’t see anything weird in how you use those words and how you write everything overall, only unusual thing is that you think that you talk in an unusual way! Don’t care too much about what others may think if they don’t say it to you, most likely what you think they think is not true as we can’t…

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It’s a closed topic now, but have you had a peek at this thread? https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/scents-and-odors/12553/23

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