this is especially on boards and discussion forums such as this. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's that I feel everyone else is an NT and are only judging me by what I say or don't say. I'll then fly off on some ret*d tangent about how people are so unfair and rude and that they don't understand me. A lot of them seem to think I'm using my asperger's as a crutch or something.
Maybe I am using it as an excuse to say what I want and be very blunt and not expect consequences that would befall someone else in a similar situation.
Is there any way from an aspie like me to get along with others perceived to be NTs by me so that I'm considered an equal in their eyes?
I've tried sticking to the subject matter being discussed but invariably I'll throw in my two cents worth and 9 times out of 10, it'll come back and bite me in the ass.
y'see, there's this annual convention that takes place in Louisville where, I'm afraid that if people recognize me, they'll want to kick the crap out of me. Don't get me wrong, I could probably hold my own against 3 or 4 of them (no joke) and that's not a threat or anything - just a what-if. I'm probably more afraid of being teased or ridiculed or something while at the convention if someone were to recognize me from whatever pictures I've shared. On the other hand, they might see me as a normal, functioning, everyday Joe who's into the same things they are.
But for some reason on the boards, I come across as being a rude a-hole who flies off the handle at the drop of a hat.
Can anyone help me? Anyone at all?
22 May 2008, 3:08 pm
