The hardest part for you about having AS is:

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This is a thread for Aspies to state, in one sentence, the worst thing about their Asperger Syndrome.
If you wish, explain it at length in a following paragraph, but leave your pet-peave sentence seperate.

The hardest part about having AS for me is having no clue when someone will react as if I've done or said something bizarre, and then having to think really hard to find out why they think that.

I don't enjoy being abnormal. So I watch people, and try to get myself somewhat in line with their thinking. I don't like being viewed as bizarre, or ret*d, etc. Being an Aspie makes this silent critique from others especially hurtful because Aspies are often aware of and sensitive to society's slights and disapprovals.

Ragtime, I couldn't put it any better than that. The only difference for me is that I tend to use that as a defense. I can't fit in with people, and I make them uneasy, so let them be uneasy. That leads to my sentence, though.

I feel I have to isolate myself from people to be safe, and if I try not to isolate, I soon regret it.

I'm a well-adapted adult. The worst is behind me.

The hardest part about my AS is having people understand what it is and accepting you for it.

Last edited by busy91 on 17 Dec 2007, 2:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.

The hardest part is that people always think I'm being rude.

It's the worst thing because I think I'm a ncie person, and I want people to like me!

The hardest part is not being able to understand non verbal communication, office politics, and not being understood by others.

The hardest part is people not believing you when you know you have AS.

Being misunderstood.

finding a relationship.

having friends
seeming normal
getting along
being happy
I hate AS

Exactly what she said ^

going to work-based social gatherings

really the worst thing is people thinking i am being rude when i am not or misunderstandings that i don't even know about until waay after the event.

actually, that is a really pertinent issue to me.

are you expected to attend many? how do they usually pan out?

It has to be the social skills. Sometimes, people seem to think I'm being rude, idiotic, etc. I just view them as whiny, however.

To be honest, to me it seems people just try to find something to be offended at all the time, even when it's not offensive.

Mohammed Teddy Bear, much?

Last edited by DeanFoley on 18 Dec 2007, 10:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

I HATED those! Thankfully, our office got so small that we don't have them anymore. I absolutely stood out like a sore thumb, because everyone in the room would occasionally focus their attention on me. "That's right, everybody stare at the Aspie!" "Set him up with some random humorous comment, and then everyone wait with baited breath while he tries to quickly think of a witty-but-non-offensive retort!" Somebody shoot me.

Being pathetically clueless at anything regarding social skills.