ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
swbluto wrote:
I noticed that whenever a small-to-medium sized group of 'normal people' (Let's say, less than 10) are gathered and they're chit-chatting away and I enter the room, the room suddenly goes quiet and everybody is observing every move I make. It doesn't particularly bother me at the time it happens, but I kind of wonder if this happens to other aspies because I swear this never happens when someone else enters the room. I intuitively know that it's an "An outsider is in our midst" reaction and I think it's kind of annoying.
I wouldn't have pegged you for that type of guy, the kind that stuns everyone into silence. Are you sure they aren't talking about you? Are these people you know, aquaintances or strangers?
Most the time it's me who goes silent in a room full of people. They tend to ignore me.
They know me and it's possible they were talking about me. I guess I have somewhat high social status considering my employer/entrepreneur role, so the likelihood they were talking about me might've been somewhat high. And, oh yeah, I'm aware of the social affects of body language and I've practiced my body language, so the confident swagger motif might've had something to do with it, lol.
It's hard to believe people talk about me, though. I like to think I'm an unknown ghost to everyone but I suppose I stand out in a few particular ways.
18 Aug 2011, 12:19 am
