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Asberger's: My life as an earthbound alien
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<blockquote data-quote="tammyjh" data-source="post: 141596" data-attributes="member: 3072"><p>What a great article. Reminds me a little of the book "Pretending to be Normal"</p><p></p><p>I can relate a bit to this as I have social anxiety and never really understood the nature of it until I was presented with the possibility that difficult child might have Asperger's. The social piece of Asperger's is similar to my social anxiety. In the book, the author said she had to "psychiatric herself up" when it was time for social gatherings...she would observe others and do what they did. For me it was more that the sound of too many voices at a social gathering is very overwhelming and I'm always afraid that I will say the wrong thing at the wrong time or that I'll have food stuck between my teeth, spill something on my clothes, trip, etc...you name it, I can worry about it. lol. Oops....babbling...sorry about that LOL!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, thanks so much for sharing the article....I really enjoyed reading it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tammyjh, post: 141596, member: 3072"] What a great article. Reminds me a little of the book "Pretending to be Normal" I can relate a bit to this as I have social anxiety and never really understood the nature of it until I was presented with the possibility that difficult child might have Asperger's. The social piece of Asperger's is similar to my social anxiety. In the book, the author said she had to "psychiatric herself up" when it was time for social gatherings...she would observe others and do what they did. For me it was more that the sound of too many voices at a social gathering is very overwhelming and I'm always afraid that I will say the wrong thing at the wrong time or that I'll have food stuck between my teeth, spill something on my clothes, trip, etc...you name it, I can worry about it. lol. Oops....babbling...sorry about that LOL! Anyway, thanks so much for sharing the article....I really enjoyed reading it. :) [/QUOTE]
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