Dressing up in costumes

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Nothing pervy!

I'm terribly awkward around people all the time, I just don't know what to say or how to act. I spend alot of time avoiding people and hoping they don't talk to me.

But if I was to dress up in a chicken outfit or something, I have great fun around people.

I don't believe I am the chicken or anything messed up. My insecurities just go away and I have a great time.

Is this because I don't have to think of things to say, I wonder? The odd "bwaaark bwaaaark!" here and there does the trick lol.

Does this seem strange that I believe I'm an aspie yet am completely at home in daft outfits in front of people?

Thanks!

I'm into costumes too. I think it's because when in a costume you become just a little less real to people and it relieves some tension and gives a conversation topic.

Not strange at all!!


















After many akward years, I made a vow to never appear on the stage without a costume on.
Costumes give me a strange sense of well-being...though I don't know why....
I feel out of my proverbial "shell" when I am in costume....

it is as if I am saying to the world: Back away from the weirdo...she will get glitter all over your fancy clothes...

I sort of have the same thing going on here, but it's with funny hats instead of costumes. I don't quite know why, but putting on a Fedora just makes me feel fantastic.

Almost everyone wears a costume in public....to look like "jock...gangster...sexy...powerful rich guy" I don't think chicken sounds much different. I use to wear costumes in my twenties...punk rock and death rock(called goth now)...I choose those because I thought the look was esthetically pleasing and they were also a "sort of" ticket into groups who liked the same music that I did...I also could slip into a sort of physical presence, which,although it wasn't my genuine shy self was a "part of me" because I liked the same music...if that makes sense?

Chicken costume sounds pretty uncomfortable to me but...whatever works for you. Since I don't go out much(stopped drinking) I mostly wear pajamas and only comfortable clothes at home and a uniform at work. It was fun playing dress-up and being creative in my appearance but at lot of work.

I wear a constume called "autistic disorder".

It makes me wear the same stuff everywhere, and I don't mind.

post dx I had a costume called a persona (my public face) it was so boring, but essential and I had a great investment in this front.

I ached to be able to play, yet did not know how to play, only ACT play, which is not the same. Putting a costume on is an authentic way of entering into play on plays terms.

All the anxiety around facial and eye management is lost in the mask of the costume. It is perfect.............well done!

heh this one is mine:

I think I understand. When I was a kid I used to wear a bandana across my mouth and hair and wore my cheap plasic kiddie goggles we all seemed to have back in the 80's and I felt great like that, I knew no-one could see my face so I felt more confident.

As an adult, I have 1 costume...I assembled a full authentic Japanese men's kimono! Right down to every last detail, the kamon on the hanten and kimono had to match, the haori himo had to be real silk and I even made sure the inro/netsuke were authentic! I think I was more caught on the detail than wearing it

nice

I sometimes wear one of my kimonos and go out to places like the mall to shop.

I lOVE Halloween, last year I was the Crazy Cat Lady from the Simpsons:



This year I am gonna be a YipYip from Sesame Street

I think a good thing about costumes is that there's less pressure for you to be 'normal'. What can people expect from someone dressed as a clown?

I like wearing suits, and other formal clothes. I guess there's just something about such clothes that make people act differently while wearing them, or talking to people wearing them.

I have dressed up as a cat many times on Halloween. I'd love to find a Siamese costume.

I've learnt this about costume parties: go all out. Really try to be the thing you're aiming for, and you get two results.

(1) People appreciate the effort you've put in and you're making their day. Seriously, you suddenly "appear" on their radar and you get spontaneous well wishes "that's amazing", "great costume mate" etc. That makes you feel good, in turn, and that's a great thing to hold on to.

(2) You make it harder for an NT trying to size you up with their "normal" hidden rules because now your appearance is governed by the character you came as, and not your usual dressing code - and guess what? You've dulled some of their instincts. They've got to talk to you now and listen to you! That evens the playing field I think, and you can let your costume "carry you" through the initial social awkwardness. This does wonders for your confidence with groups, which they pick up on straight away, and some of this confidence may even rub off on you when the costume is no longer there...

Not really but Welcome to WP, floaty.