I wish people come with rules

I have a list of people who I have managed to upset and I still don't really understand why.

Two haven't spoken to me since October. One of these was someone I called my brother. He is not talking to me because I followed safeguarding protocol with his best friend and his best friend complained about me to him and now he has cut my whole family out of his life.

One I had a lovely afternoon with last week. I sent a text stating a fact and now she is really upset and sending me messages about how stressed and overwhelmed she is. 

One is a mother of a child in my theatre group. I was ill so someone kindly took over rehearsal for me. She went out way to write notes so I felt obliged to send them out and this has upset her. I get what's app messages and then don't understand what they actually mean.

Then each of the situations goes around and around in my head and it doesn't get me anywhere as there don't appear to be any answers. 

Why don't people come with rules that I can follow so that I could stop upsetting people without meaning to.

And why can't I switch off the spiralling thoughts in my head of what I did wrong and how I can fix it. Except I don't think I can fix it. 

I spend so much of my life apologising.

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  • There's a saying 'There's nowt.as.strange as folk'

    It is easy to blame oneself when it is the other person.  And I for one hate upsetting others, it always upsets me.  And it churns over in my head foe a long while not understanding why.

    I try to treat others as I would like them to treat me.  Some times this causes  problems. I don't know why.

    There are others who use behaviour of upset as a manipulative tool of control.  And you can't force others to like you.  

    I also think we read intention wrong.  I have lost count of the number of times I have spent hours repairing something for someone, or helping them only for it not to be acknowledged.  Just because we are autistic does not mean we are totally without feeling.I

    We just have to accept the vagaries of others.

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  • There's a saying 'There's nowt.as.strange as folk'

    It is easy to blame oneself when it is the other person.  And I for one hate upsetting others, it always upsets me.  And it churns over in my head foe a long while not understanding why.

    I try to treat others as I would like them to treat me.  Some times this causes  problems. I don't know why.

    There are others who use behaviour of upset as a manipulative tool of control.  And you can't force others to like you.  

    I also think we read intention wrong.  I have lost count of the number of times I have spent hours repairing something for someone, or helping them only for it not to be acknowledged.  Just because we are autistic does not mean we are totally without feeling.I

    We just have to accept the vagaries of others.

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