Published on 12, July, 2020
People on the spectrum, often those diagnosed in adulthood, have said they feel as if they don't belong on this planet. I love planet Earth and her animals but, if only The Doctor really were to exist, I'd gladly take the chance to travel to, and live on, a different planet where I would be accepted.
Part of me wants to write fanfiction about this but it may upset me because there's no way this fantasy could come true.
There are planets you can visit whilst remaining on this one. It's knowing where to look for them.
It's why I write. I can create another world in my head and go live there for a while.
In some ways, I like feeling like an alien. It gives me a new perspective on life. Turns the whole thing on its head.
Yes, I find my "special interests" can work very much like this. I have often said to people, even long before I was diagnosed, that when I'm creating art/music or writing computer code, I am not just "doing something", I am "going somewhere." They go beyond being simply hobbies - they are my sanctuaries.
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I find when trying to get a point across and give an understanding of what I see to be a common thing,
I often feel I am speaking a different language,
I often use anologies, I think of anything to give an understanding in more simplistic ways they may just get,
Same here Lonewarrior! Glad it's not just me, not that I wish it on you or anyone else!
I am not one for writing, I struggled to hold a pen and dyslexia made letters and words my enemy due to constant put downs from my teachers,
Now when typing on here I suddenly find myself in my own world, full of character and a journey begins, I find it very easy to think freely and express like I cannot when interacting face to face,
I have several analogies which for me are extremely important, they are in my mind extremely long and I feel proud I have achieved what most see as a short story at best, a ramble of confusion at worse.
the detail is important as I take someone on a-journey into my world.
it is a nice place where only kind things happen.
I am from another time or planet, whichever it may be I am only passing by and look upon now as a trip to a theme park,
I am at present accumulating clothing that will not only make me very happy and confident in daily life it will make me feel as though I come from an earlier time and this is only a visit.
After fifty plus years I am going to wear the clothes I feel I belong in.