Good example of Aspiness

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I thought this would make a good example of what being an Aspie is. Then I thought I'd first (before I explain what I mean) make a little poll to whet the appetite...

So here it goes:

Late afternoon you check into hospital for surgery the following morning early. You're walking around, reading a book, passing the time, on the phone with family and friends, not in bed. What are you wearing?

I'll post my comments later on, will give people time to answer the poll first.

I imagine I'm wearing what I came to the hospital in. I wouldn't change until it's time to go to bed.

whats the matter what you wear in the hospital -_-
and i have been to the hospital already but i dont wander around just stay in my bed or whatever
i just wear what they give me or what ever i need to do i dont care even a little

I would wear the clothes I wore to the hospital.

I don't understand what this has to do with Aspiness.

How could you understand if (as I've said) I haven't explained yet? Shesh

I have no idea. What is the hospital's policy on such things? What was my understanding of the policy? What is the quality of my pjs and/or dressing gown at the time, if I own such; do I own such at the time, if not what is the state of finances and how long am I likely to be staying in hospital? How much help/assistance was I given in organizing myself?

I cannot answer the question without knowing the above especially since I'm not sure what the 'target' of you inquiry is. I cannot tell if you're interested in what's in my wardrobe, how well I understand hospital policies on patient attire, my level of organization/preparedness, my preferences and style, or something else...

It's basically all the same except for hospital clothes, which are always ill-fitting. It wouldn't really matter much, would it? I'm not wearing a business suit to check into a hospital....

I would change into something comfy, that is if I wasn't already wearing something comfy to the hospital.

Wouldn't the hospital make you wear a hospital gown?

For the surgery, yes. But when I was in the hospital, I could wear what I wanted during recovery. I wore a T-shirt and loose fitting yoga pants most of the time, which I would have worn a) to the hospital b) as pajamas and c) as my something comfy.

That's an interesting question. My answer would have to be I would wear what the nurse told me to, lol. I have been in the hospital lots of times and I think the nurses tell you to change but I forget when they tell you to change. So, if they haven't told me to change yet I say I would be wearing the clothing from home. If they tell me I can wear my own pajamas I would wear them. Most likely I would be wearing the hospital pajamas and a robe from home, maybe? Since I am out walking around and those hospital gowns are sort of flimsy.

Unless they told me I had to change, I would be wearing what I wore to the hospital (something comfy).

When I was hospitalized as a kid, I wore regular clothes for the first day or two, until it became clear that I was going to be there for the long haul (then I started wearing hospital gowns). At that hospital at least, you didn't have to wear a gown when you first came in.

I too don't understand the point of this poll, but I'm going to guess that Greentea wore some sort of pajamas.
If you already owned hospital pajamas from a previous visit (I kept my favorite hospital gown from my stay), I supposed all of the options could be the same option, if you wore the hospital pajamas to the hospital (except other, obviously). Perhaps that was the case.

I just did this a couple of months ago, I wore my husband's pajama bottoms and my liverpool away jersey. They told me to dress comfortably, so I did. I would wear that to bed anyway. I'm not embarrassed to wear my pjs in public. I worked third shift and often wore pjs to work. So hospital wouldn't make a difference to me.

Thank you all for contributing your input to the thread.

What is telling here is not what you would wear, but what influenced your decision.

Ana, according to your answer, you do have an intution about this, even if too vague. But you were the only one who sensed that there was some norms sub-text in the wearing or not wearing hospital pajamas.

You are supposed to change into your hospital pajamas right away when you check in. This is not written anywhere. It's a non-verbal demand. Your status in society is that of "sick patient" now. Your hospital gown is your """"üniform"""", which serves the main purpose of identification within the social group. The doctors wear green, the nurses white, the patients light blue pajamas.

Nobody will force you to wear the hospital gown, of course, but you will be made to feel like a rebel/outsider if you don't, particularly if the not wearing the hospital pajamas is accompanied by a couple other non-conformist attituded. You're more likely to get negative reactions in minor conflicts that might arise if you're not wearing your hospital pajamas.

Failing to understand the above on a sub-conscious level without being told is, by definition, being an Aspie. This has nothing to do with """social skills""". This is a clear example of how """"social skills"""" ïs very good help for Aspies, but doesn't change much in our CORE relating difficulties. 'We're not rejected for having poor or insufficient social skills, but for failing to grasp the unspoken but sacred rules of society.

This thread was in response to all the threads that have been appearing on here lately claiming that you can reduce, heal, rebrain, rewire, overcome, lessen your AS.

For more info on the status of sick patient, you can use Google to find all the Sociology research done on the topic. I studied this at University 20 years ago as well.

^^
niiice...thanks.

I chose Pajamas from home erronously oops.

I don't understand why you are supposed to change straight away after reading this.

When NT people I know (family etc) have been to the hospital they also wore what they came in with until it was necessary to change. Same with all the other random patients you see there, they're all in normal clothes. I don't know anyone who would sleep in a hospital gown overnight for the hell of it. I always thought the staff encouraged you to be as relaxed as possible and hence *encouraged* everyone to stay in home clothes.

Maybe it's different in different places.