Asperger's: What it's like to have Asperger's syndrome (part 2)

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Home2022-02-08 What it's like being an Aspie (2 pf 4)
2022-02-08 What it's like being an Aspie (2 pf 4)



9 Oil drop in a bucket of water

• Mermaid effect: Can live on dry land but prefers the sea

• Fish out of water may be extreme

• Beverly Hillbillies or Green Acres; wasn't in their element

10 Try to mask real self by 'acting' in social encounters

• Acting often makes it worse
• Uncanny valley repulsed by robots and cartoons

11 Attempt eye contact, even though it's uncomfortable

• Look for the eye color
• Come across as aloof

12 Very lonely but the effort of socializing isn't worth it, nor is the rejection

• Stigma of being a loner
• Less stressful to be alone
• Can't escape the stress

13 Hide depression as allergies

• Depression is common
• Hid his depression as allergies

14 You are in a bubble or transparent shell

• Imagine living in a bubble that no one can see
• Even the Aspies is not certain where the bubble is

15 Living in a movie

16 Scrambled speech from scrambled brain

• Anxiety results in "scrambled brain"
• That is expressed in scrambled speech