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19 May 2006, 10:46 pm

I feel that people are reading my Mind, all the time. I keep from obsessing over things, when I'm around Family Members. I was taught as a Child that it was bad to have Obsessions.



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20 May 2006, 6:20 pm

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I imagine much of this comes from the fact that NT's communicate heavily through body language and expressions. An NT doesn't even need to really say anything at all, but can communicate a wealth of information to another NT. For those of us with AS and ASD, it can be quite a bit challengine. NT's will attempt to read us by watching our body language, and interpret what they think. Since we, especially myself don't really convey the right body language at times (take a look at my pic's in the member's only page) it can be frustrating as NT's attempt to "read our minds" and come up with incorrect conclusions. The worst of it is when they try to read into things, and form the wrong conclusions about our emotions and such, and thus mis-interpret the situations. I wish that I could just wear a sign around my neck that says "Disregard all body language this individual may be displaying" So far, my challenge has been to manage the B.L, and basically just look neutral. It seems that attempting to display the correct B.L. always results in incorrect messages!


I agree completely. I sometimes get this eerie feeling that everyone can read minds, except me. This is probaby due to the lack of empathic ability from Asperger's. I also tend to be quite afraid that people will interpret inadvertent non-verbal communication.



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28 May 2006, 12:35 am

gortex6 wrote:
Read Telling Lies by Dr. Paul Ekman


THEY ARE NOT READING YOUR MIND. THEY ARE READING YOUR NON-VERBAL MESSAGES AND LEAKAGE. SOME ASPIES MAY LEARN THIS BUT WILL STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE "LOOKING GLASS SELF".

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28 May 2006, 3:05 pm



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28 May 2006, 5:49 pm

gortex6 wrote:
gortex6 wrote:
Read Telling Lies by Dr. Paul Ekman


THEY ARE NOT READING YOUR MIND. THEY ARE READING YOUR NON-VERBAL MESSAGES AND LEAKAGE. SOME ASPIES MAY LEARN THIS BUT WILL STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE "LOOKING GLASS SELF".

Did I mention that I am brilliant? :cool:


Yes exactly!!
I had a lot paranoid obssesions when I was younger, but when I learned about AS I understood why other people where able to know what I was thinking, how I was feeling etc
Also thought other people were watching me, everyone knew sth I didnt or they were smarter but they were just NTs... :roll:



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28 May 2006, 11:11 pm

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Dr. Ervin Goffman