This is very common among those on the spectrum. I sometimes have problems with this myself. It is actually a time processing issue that can affect different aspects of our lives. It can affect conversation, motor skills, getting tasks done, figuring things out, doing school or job work, and other areas. For those of us with this time based processing problem, the rest of the world runs at a faster pace than we do, so we are out of time sync with the rest of the world. I have had relatives play past me during board and card games when I was a child. It drove me crazy because I thought they were cheating, but now, decades later, I realize that my slower pace was driving them crazy. I always feel like the rest of the world is on speed pills and running on a fast track, and I am wading through deep, thick mud. This is a built-in problem--it's neurological, so there is no "fix" for it. You just have to do the best you can to cope with it.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away.--Henry David Thoreau
19 Mar 2015, 11:56 am
