TrueDave wrote:
My therapist encouraged me to attend an acting class so i could learn how to "act normal"
Yes I'm isolated but the truth is the alternative is to go out try had and get frustrated. Better to avoid it.
I the acting class I learned a bit about how to be a better listener. That I can deal with , thats not a lie, and I want to do it.
But something I am finally accepting ( Recentlly diagnosed) is the scope of AS and how its aleays affected my life.
I can never not be AS. It's physically impossible.
Remember the scene in Born on the Forth of July where Tom Cruise refuses to accept he is paralized from the waist down and is on the parallel bars saying " see I can walk" then he fall breaks a bone in his leg so its juting out of the skin.
The NT world tells us if we persist we will overcome.
I used to believe that back when I thought I was simply emotionally disterbed.
Our minds are in wheel chairs. No amount of coaching or positive thinking will make them walk again. However with practice and study we can adapt to make an alien world a littl eeasier to get along in. Easier for US.
That was at best a short term fix that your therapist gave you, Dave. Yes it helps, but life is not one big soap opera on television. You can only act some of the time and get away with it. It's just a question of knowing when to act, and when not to. I like acting, but I am only too aware of when not to do it.
I'm not disagreeing with the bulk of your post - it's a good one. It's just that (and I think you meant this anyway) acting at the wrong time is tantamount to lying - and that's one thing I would never do. And in my life right now the only right time to act is when I'm part of a pro wrestling show! That's when it changes from being a dangerous practice to just plain FUN!