The reason I watch sitcoms

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Those of you who do have Aspergers (Or something else) please tell me if you understand what I am saying and/or relate. I'm just trying to straighten out a jumble of things that don't make sense to me, and would love a second opinion.

I watch sitcoms because... Hm, how do I put this? It's almost like a how-to guide. When the laugh track turns on, I find it easy for myself to laugh and find the moment funny, because it's supposed to be funny. The actors overexaggerate their emotions, so it's easy for me to grasp onto their over the top facial expressions and hold on to them.

And sitcoms aren't real; they are TV shows. This makes me less, well, uncomfortable, knowing that these people aren't really feelings these emotions and are just acting. I don't have to emotionally invest, and that's a big relief. Whereas when I read a book series, I become extremely overemotional and uncomfortable with all of these swamping feelings that make no sense, and I kind of just wallow in agony until I can forget about the books. Anything heavier than a sitcom actually makes me feel pain.

Well, none of that made sense, did it? I'm sorry, I'm just trying to sort out my thoughts and I... I don't know. Is there anyone that can help me continue this train of thought and understand better what my words mean? Just a little extra push or something?

I learned so much of my still limited social skills by studying sitcoms and movies. I assumed everyone did. No?

Do you think that even those with naturally excellent social skills use comedy shows as a reference? I wonder what it's like for them.

Oh, and I don't like watching movies. Movies progress and change within a couple hours, and then they end. And I absolutely hate change and endings... Sitcoms don't always have much of a plot, and some can last for years and years.

I got a lot of my social skills from imitating my mother. But sitcoms (and books) gave me some experience outside of that. However, I keep running across situations that aren't close enough to anything I've seen or read or that happened with my mom. Then I'm lost If only other people would stick to a script!

I don't watch sitcoms for the exact same reason.

It's all dramatized and lampooned. Life isn't a sitcom, and if you base your interaction skills on what they do on TV, you will only get yourself ostracized...unless you seek to fit in with a group of drama queens.

I've thought of books this way.