I've known I was different since Kindergarten. Kind of found out why at 14 when I learned about AS, but at 27 I am just now getting a glimpse of what that means!
At age 14 I figured out I talked too much about my favorite topics, but didn't really grasp what else I was missing socially. Now I am just beggining to realize specific bits and pieces of the social world that I have been missing all along. I still don't know what to do with them, I just know they are there and I can't understand them. Ex. Nonverbal cues... I know they exist because I read about them and NTs have confirmed that hey see them regularly, and easily. However, I only see the most extreme exaggerated ones. When I listen to NTs talk about what they noticed in any given situation it is like getting a glimpse at a world I never knew existed. Now that I know it exists, I don't understand it... so I simply have a better grasp of how different I am. I hope the epiphanies get more specific.
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DX Aspergers
AQ: 39
Aspie-quiz AS:154 NT:50
RAADS-R: 194
EQ:15 SQ:114