MathGirl wrote:
I guess I have an entirely different experience because I hang out with autistics so much. I am actually really social and, as a result of being exposed to the ASD community, have become a lot more confident socially with all types of people. However, I used to be a hermit; I spent 2 years pretty much going to school, not socializing with anyone there, coming straight home, and sitting in my room. Now, I wouldn't want to have this kind of life at any cost. People can be enjoyable and it's extremely fulfilling to make a difference in other people's lives as much as possible. I am very rigid socially and ask people to only interact with me in certain ways; I also modify my own environment a lot and speak up against anything I dislike. But I think people like me a lot because I am generally a positive person and genuinely enjoy life. People can sense this kind of energy and they gravitate toward it.
I can make people respect me; I can make people fear me; but I can't make them like me. So, you're lucky. I've never actually met another aspie, at least face-to-face. As far as staying in a room goes, I don't blame you there; aparment living used to depress me. I've got a rather large tract of land and it is my own little world, though I do deal with a lot of different people on the Internet.
20 Jul 2013, 10:02 pm
