I dont know about other people on the spectrum.
1) I have no sensory problems, a tad sensative to sound, not enough to point where its a problem
2) I dont get what u guys mean by sensory overload makes it difficult to socialize. Like if u were in a room with no people but a billion sensory stimulus, would u still feel overwhelmed? Like if u were alone in a room with loud noises and bright lights, how would u feel? For me I do get overwhelmed by people mainly due to me inabilities to decipher social situations and social anxiety.
3) I do lack empathy. I cant feel for people, I can decipher the situation thru theoretical knowledge. I dont know what people are thinking. I can read what signals they are sending me but I dont know why their sending those non-verbals and how they are feeling while they are sending me those signals unless its obvious.
4) While I can read non-verbal cues now, I taught myself, a few yrs ago a lot of things happened where I didnt pick up the cue. Sometimes I replay events in my head that happened 2 yrs ago and I will be able to pick out what was really happening.
5) Reading a lot about what people do and why they do things has helped to have an idea to what I should expect from them. My social skills are based on theory and patterns vs. intuition.
06 May 2011, 10:54 pm
