New Year party.

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I had to leave the party early because I couldn't cope with it. There was loud music and lots of people. I managed to switch off from the noise, but I couldn't hear when people were talking to me either then. It made me feel sick and I had to come home

Nothing like bringing in the new year alone

I sympathise, Tally - New Years celebrations don't seem to be designed for our kind. It would be nice to have the choice to see in the New Year in peace personally - as I type this the street is full of drunken morons shouting and letting off fireworks while the kids are coming downstairs freaked out, and the dog cowers under the table. When the flock disperses to nurse its hangovers, some people will be getting a piece of my mind... ignorant sods.

At one point where I was at there was 4 cross conversations going and I got lost. I just kind of sat back and stared at the floor for a bit. I used to feel really stupid when I did that but now I just realize that it's the way I am and I will change at my own pace. I used to just get up and walk away or turn red from embarrasment before. Now, because I accept it more, it doesn't seem like a big deal. The way I see it is i'll get my chance to talk one on one, or one on two. This "six people at the table rambling back and forth with 3 seperate conversations about different things" is just beyond me by a longshot!

Tally, do you think you are ashamed of your behavior or is it just that you are really overloaded by it all. I was just ashamed before and somewhat overloaded. Now I just get overloaded a bit and just kind of let them go on. My friends don't seem to mind me.

I don't really feel ashamed about how I behave, because it doesn't really upset me if someone doesn't like me (unless they positively DISlike me, or start saying nasty things). They weren't even my own friends, but my husband's friends . . . I don't have any of my own friends though.

When things get too much I kind of switch off. I can hear all the voices, but none of them are dominant, and I can't hear anything that's being said. The thing is, it means that I can't hear if someone is talking to me either. One time it was so loud that I passed out in the pub, and I wasn't even drunk