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Wrong Planet

Martian Tom
over 5 years ago

Before I got my diagnosis, I used to think that I was just a human being who didn't fully understand how to be a human being - because every other human being (aside from my parents) seemed to reject me.

Now, post-diagnosis, I no longer feel that way.

Instead, I feel like an alien, inhabiting the wrong planet.

Whatever I do, I can't change that feeling.

I used to feel that my diagnosis gave me some form of validation.  I was a human being with a difference.

Now, I just feel that it consolidates my status as an alien.

I'm on the wrong planet. 

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  • over 5 years ago

    I can recognise that, I've always felt like an Alien and from the wrong planet.

    When I was younger I used to love going to night clubs, mainly because I loved to dance but more for the beat of the music and not hearing or needing to hear all the chatter and small talk.

    The one thing I did used to do though was watch all the 'earthlings' copping off with one another, to me it was like I was David Attenbourgh watching another species for the first time look for a mate to procreate with.

    I'll never see him the same again.

    I think sometimes  even us with an ASC are as different from one another as NTs in some ways, there is always that human element.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Bookworm

    Yes, I recognise this.  I used to go to nightclubs not for the chance of a pick-up, but to hear the music and dance to it - even though I can't dance.  It touched something inside me.  Even now, I'll sometimes play loud dance music and move around to it - not to attract someone's attention, but merely to feel that freedom of movement and expression.  Almost like stimming.

    Maybe it is.

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to Bookworm

    Yes, I recognise this.  I used to go to nightclubs not for the chance of a pick-up, but to hear the music and dance to it - even though I can't dance.  It touched something inside me.  Even now, I'll sometimes play loud dance music and move around to it - not to attract someone's attention, but merely to feel that freedom of movement and expression.  Almost like stimming.

    Maybe it is.

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