Ever tried to hide your Asperger's by feigning drunkenness?

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I never tried that.
People always think I'm stoned anyway...

Interesting idea.

I've always shunned alcohol because I have too many alcoholics in my family. But now that I understand my own psyche better, I feel safer taking a drink now and then, and I do find it helps me function. Problem is, though, I can't stand the smell or taste of it, and it makes me feel nauseous. So, when I do drink, I'll dilute it heavily in juice.

I never think of it that way, but I guess I do "act drunk" as a way of coping with social situations. When I'm uncomfortable in a social gathering, I do one of three things:
1. I totally shut myself off, and hide as best as possible
2. I blow up
3. I, successfully or unsuccessfully, try to be the life of the party, being uncharacteristically goofy. So I guess that could be "acting drunk."

Not working for me.

I get more autistic when I drink. But also more ADHD.

Fun combination. (Now, it really is.)

When everyone is drunk, everyone acts awkwardly and weird and so no one notices it. It does not make you suddenly socially superior--- being drunk simply "evens the playing field". Take this from someone who has been drunk before, as well as been sober in the company of drunks, many times pretending to be drunk to feel more "at home" amongst them, AND to keep them from offering me alcohol ( " Oh no, I couldn't have anymore, I've had 4 drinks already and I don't want to get sick. But thank you for offering"). Being around drunks CAN feel good for the main reason that they are now all awkward, clumsy and accepting ( except for the "irate" drunks) and I can flow around them more easily. They aren't always good for any topics of higher brain function, but they can be fun.

Ditto...and now that I know about AS...I still do it



I know what you mean...suddenly, I can be comfortable in my own skin Tags are no longer irritating, I no longer need to fidget with my clothes...I can trip over something and land on the floor in a heaping mass, and be completely comfortable. I wonder if NTs feel this way always.

Not to mention, the social anxieties melt away.

*WARNING* I am not condoning this as a scientific cure ;D Drink responsibly!



Yes, this is exactly what I meant to say.

No, I'd rather people take me as I am, rather than excuse my behaviour because they think I'm drunk.

Feigning to be drunk would not work for me. My behaviour when I become drunk would be more quiet, but reacting with more talk when I am spoken too. People know that, some think however that I am using certain pills. I could feign that, but it would be easier too tell that I have a social problem than telling I am a junk.

Strange combination, the problem is that you miss more social cues and become really busy?