Major difference between autism and shyness?

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I see this a lot too. It's like a form of snobbery, and people cover it with "shyness". I speak from my own experience as well, of course.

Same goes for the "not remembering that person after a long time"-move.

You'd get the feeling people are walking around with alzheimers at an early age while they are just playing games on you.

As with all introverts the energy we gain is from thinking as opposed to gaining in direct interaction.

I've found that I have good-normal days to where I can play in the social arena for a time, but it takes its toll on me. The drain creeps up on me and I'm unable to hold the line. I've changed and I am on edge now - I'm enervated at this point; and I cant find my previous social mode that I was in - I strangely lost it now. The mood has changed dramatically. This can lead to awkwardness. Hence anxiety and a shyness or a shying away from the danger zone.

How do you mean?

http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/55 ... e-quickly/

You all may find this interesting. I'd recommend reading the whole 4 page thread.

Introverts do experience heightened sensory perceptions, which is why they'd be "drained" and also why they prefer solitary activities.

However, they don't have the deficits in social and emotional reciprocation as seen in ASDs (from utterly aloof to odd and eccentric; aloof and odd and eccentric are two descriptors of autistic behavior, so look them up if you want to know how autism appears). They also don't have the lack of showing and appreciating nonverbal cues. This is just the social domain though; there's many more symptoms of autism.

I've been accused of being shy prior to my diagnosis due to my limited communication. Yeah, definite differences. Despite being very introverted, I actually never was shy. I guess I just seemed it to people who didn't know any better.

People acting like they forgot who you are after they haven't seen you for a long time, while they do still remember you but don't feel like saying hi to you, so they abuse that fact.