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15 Aug 2014, 3:50 pm

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The same thing has been said about myself. I can't say I disagree.

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15 Aug 2014, 3:51 pm

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I'd also say the two don't contradict each other. One can feel old in some ways, young in others. I am presently 27 years old, and like the OP I find it somewhat difficult to relate to most of my age peers, and I find that whenever I go to a meet-up that's based around my interests or hobbies, it's mostly people over 50 years of age attending. That being said, I am very naive an childlike in a lot of other ways; I lack a certain life experience and 'street smartness' that most of my age peers seem to have, and I can get giddy as a toddler over things that fascinate me.

reminds me of me. only my aspie meetups have me as the old fart where everybody else is at least 15 years younger than me.



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15 Aug 2014, 11:19 pm

CyclopsSummers wrote:
That being said, I am very naive an childlike in a lot of other ways; I lack a certain life experience and 'street smartness' that most of my age peers seem to have, and I can get giddy as a toddler over things that fascinate me.


Me too.

As a child I was told hundreds of times that I had no common sense.



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15 Aug 2014, 11:21 pm

same story here, but eventually I noticed that I had UNcommon sense :lmao:



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15 Aug 2014, 11:24 pm

auntblabby wrote:
I'm saying I've never been any great shakes intellectually but my emotional life is deep and broad.


Oh, yeah then. I'm exactly the opposite.

Emotionally, I'm no different than I ever was.
When it comes to emotions I am very naive. Things have to be explained or spelled out word for word.

The vast difference in development of that part of the brain could be a key factor in the inability to intuitively connect up with people.



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15 Aug 2014, 11:28 pm

olympiadis wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I'm saying I've never been any great shakes intellectually but my emotional life is deep and broad.


Oh, yeah then. I'm exactly the opposite. Emotionally, I'm no different than I ever was. When it comes to emotions I am very naive. Things have to be explained or spelled out word for word. The vast difference in development of that part of the brain could be a key factor in the inability to intuitively connect up with people.

my emotions help me to understand what others may be feeling, but my emotions don't help me intuitively connect with people. in fact, they often get in the way. and my stendahl's syndrome sometimes creeps people out. one needs both intellect and emotion to make fully fleshed-out assessments of things.