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During kindergarten my instructors went to my mother with concerns about my emotional maturity and the fact that I preferred to play alone rather than with other children. She then decided to have me repeat kindergarten and I had friends and functioned better the second year but struggled again when I went on to first grade and every year after that in regards to socialization and handling my emotions. My therapist and I are talking about these "nuances" of my life and I was wondering if anyone else has a similar experiences they would like to share.

I persevered through similar experiences as described but I would rather not share. (Which causes my Therapist sessions to be rather silent.)
You could pretty much consider this a pointless post, but I need some way to maintain a 1 post per day record.

The JK teacher rased concerns with family services about my odd beheavior and development(they thought I had gender ID issues), different town and school my SK teachers and principal wanted to push me into grade 1 1/2 a year early becouse they thought I was board and gifted(I actually have some very bad learning disabillities), no joke. the rest of my elementry school time was hit or miss, some teachers liked me and others hated and I was pulled out a couple times.

I think it is safe to say that alot of people have gone through the same thing you have. Not necessary the repeating kindergarten part, but the preferring to play alone and then having the teacher be concerned about that and wonder about your emotional maturity. Then of course, the teacher will try to force you into some activity with the other kid and next thing you know, we're in a meltdown since the teacher ruined our ritual because they think they're doing us a favor by making us play with the other kids.

I remember the idealism I had back then. I didn't think I was weird for running around and playing by myself. Of course, I didn't realize just how important the social code was to NTs back then.