Being Corrected and not taking it very lightly

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I go to this Day program that helps me with job searching and social skills and stuff. They don't really teach me social skills. But maybe they did today, I don't know. More like Critisism. Here's the picture. The Clients are kind of the bosses, The Staff transport them to where ever they need to go. Staff always asks me all the time, where do I want to go. Today without being asked, I told this staff where to go. He said "NO! You don't tell me where to go, you Ask me. Can we go to such and such." I appoligize and he told me that it's no offense, it's just correction. So I complain to one of the people who work in the office for this service and complaint about the situation. So her, me and this guy who critizised me told me that It was just correction, nothing to get defensive about.

It really ruined my day, esspecially left with the feeling that I'm the wrong one and never the right person. All thanks to Not being able to view Social Cues.

Well, yes and no. Sometimes what I see as a large issue others see as small and insignificant, while other times what other people see as large seems small and insignificant to me. Though if someone tells me they didn't mean it to offend me like that, I'll take their word for it and do my best to let it go.

Yeah, It's kind of hard for me. I feel the only thing that helps me out is to combine my interests to my stresses. Sense I'm a Satirical Artist, I would draw a satrical cartoon on the situation and make it a joke so I can laugh at it and it usually makes me feel better.

Yeah, I can totally relate to you on the situations. For example, If my parents are waiting for a package in the mail and they don't get it, that's big to them but not to me.

If someone goes into my room when I'm not there, That's huge to me and small to them.


They just don't fully understand, that's the sad thing about it.

Sometimes I wished that I had a brother or a sister who also has Asperger's so at least I would have someone close by to relate too.

It's really sad having Asperger's. I almost cryed today.

Most of the time I feel upset or depressed when I'm given criticism. I usually act polite and gracious, though, unless the critic is being mean. I try to tell myself that constructive criticism is a good thing because I can learn from it, but it still bothers me.

Yeah, me too. I guess I'm going to try to take criticism more in a positive light. But it's hard to reconize it, you know what I mean? It's like how can I seperate someone giving me criticism to someone Judgeing me or just being snappy.

Tones of voices are hard too. They can have a snappy voice and you can't put the words they are saying and you think they are being a jerk but they end up just giving a nice suggestion.

IT'S SO HARD TO RECONIZE!

It's SO HARD to Move on. It was kind of hard for me to get out of bed this morning, probably the only place where I feel that no conflicts or bad situations could ever happen there.

In the morning I'm so full of anxiety, that's why I have to take morning pills.


One thing that I was talking to my step mother was how It's hard for me to deal with situations in general. It's true.

Hopefally I'll be okay when I live on my own.

Sometimes we react more strongly to little things when there are more of them.

Yeah, plus I think that we tend to protect ourselfs a lot more then most people because he can easily get upset and depressed. Let's face it, we can be very fragle with our self-confidence and it takes a lot to make our confidence strong again. No wonder we are angry at the world. Not only is our Self-Confidence fragle, but useful help is very hard to find.

But then again, my interests tend to cheer me up. But sometimes I can be in a situation where it's not socially appropirate. My interest is Comic Cartoonish Humor and Satire so what I do is I would write a sketch on what upset me that day and satirize it so it's funny to me and turn it into a peace of artwork. LOL That usually helps me out. Though I got to be careful on where I distribute it so the target of my joke will never see it. LOL


But yeah, like Cicely said. I need to look at it in a positive note and not so much a negitive one. It'll be hard. I want to say something to this guy next time I see him but I just need to let things go.


Sometimes If someone critizes me, I take the advice too extremely, I over do it. Like this guy told me to ask if we can go to another destination. I had a thought that I should call him sure and say yes please, you are ever so kind and be very sarcastic but that wouldn't be good on my half. So I'll just ask where to go instead of telling him like I do with most people who don't mind.

THIS GUY IS ANNOYING SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR HIM SPEAK TO ME But what can I do. I'm with this guy 7 hours a day, 3 days a week. Well, I'll look at the bright side. I'm leaving this program June 19th which is very very close.

This program was nice in the begaining and it's still a bit nice now but it's starting to root. There was a staff who was Aspie too that got fired because he had a meltdown which I didn't think was fair for him to be fired like that. This program helps people with disabilities so it's kind of discrimination what they did with him. I have a friend who is also Aspie (And I'm trying to get her onto this site. LOL) that was treated like CRAP over there. She was always with people she didn't want to be around, people who didn't understand her and now she's in an agency that's 10 times worse. I was never treated like crap until resently. It's the new people who don't understand Asperger's which SUCK!

Maybe next time I see him, I'll educate him about Asperger's so there will be no further conflicts.

You know, I was thinking. I should educate this guy about Asperger's Syndrome so he can not only get a better understanding but It'll make him sure to not to critisize or misunderstand me as much.

Plus using the treat people like you want to be treated method. I'll just based what he told me.
If he asks me "Where do you want to go".

I'll just say nicely "Anywhere is fine with me. I don't want to get myself into another controversy. Your the boss."

but maybe he'll think I'm snapping at him. I'm STILL ANGRY AT HIM...........but then again, I should just take it and let it go.

But it's like I'm asking him permission to where I want to go. But what if I don't want to keep asking? Why don't I let him deside where if he wants it that way, I don't know.

Any suggestions? I have him on Wednesday and Friday.

Criticism to me is like being attacked, especially when and if I get it, it comes in the form of yelling, and verbally and mentally "abusive" ways, which bothers me a lot. I get criticized for things that I can not help because of my Asperger's. But because I am "intelligent", people think I can learn and get over it. People are very insensitive and this is why criticism is even more excruciating to me then it ever was. I am very extremely emotionally sensitive person. This causes me to shut down and not even try to do anything. It also makes me tell myself and other that I am stupid and would even cause me to act "ret*d" even though I am highly intelligent, just so I can get people to be easier on me.

Yeah, I can relate. This guy made me feel like I'm the bad guy. Like I'm bossy. I would tell my Step Mother and the person from the office and they said "MAybe it's because you were a little bosy" and I said "NO! I wasn't. I didn't mean to be." Maybe he thought I was I don't know. I guess he wanted to correct my manners as if I NEED to Conform to society even more.
I'm a nice person, I told them this. I was NEVER Rude to a staff member, EVER! They said, it's not a big deal. It's just a little critisism. Little to NTs cause they conform to anything people tell them.

Your right, It feels like an attack!

I remember you saying you are an ENFJ. One thing I read about ENFJs is that they hate to be criticised above almost anything. So you are just being true to your type I guess..

Myself I dislike being criticised and I am angry for a while but I can sort of deal with it.

I kind of identify more to ENFP. ENFJ is kind of what my personality type is when I'm working.

But yeah, that's very interesting. I guess it applies to be with and without Asperger's. Fasinating. Thank you for finding that information.