from another planet

You are not alone my son is the same/ feels the same as you and know that there are many millions of others that do also. In fact i FEEL LIKE THAT OFTEN AND i AM NEUROTYPICAL.

Shardovan said:

Work out where intuition is correct, and where paranoia has taken over

I have been trying to figure that one out my whole life, still no closer to the answer 

I know the feeling, but like the others have said you are at home here. I think we are all aliens here and maybe this site is our UFO (sorry if that doesnt make sense)

yep, felt like that long as i can remember, disconnected, alienated, outside looking in type stuff, sometimes im verging on proud? maybe not so strongly, of the "unique" perspective its given me on things, others, yeah, crap.

but sometimes you do come across the odd person here and there, that you can get on ok with, i spose it takes a certain kind of person, with me anyway.

but yeah, if im feeling crap, i sometimes sing: "fly me to the moon in an oxygenless suit" lol, but, thats just my sense of humour i suppose.

I also feel like that a lot.  I'm lucky that I have a couple of people who 'get' me.  I hope you can find some too.

I am sorry you feel this way at the moment. You can always be yourself here with us. This community is the only place I can be the real Paige, every where else I'm masking all the time just to get by and be 'normal'.

Take care. I hope you feel brighter tomorrow.

Everyone went through mind adjusting therapy, except it didn't work on us

I do sometimes feel like a rare sane being on an insane planet. 

I feel that I'm the Earthling; and everyone else is from the Planet Derp.

I'm sorry that you're feeling so alone, but I can definitely relate to so much of that. Even just today, and invisibly to colleagues, I have been through the wringer with anxiety, feeling disconnected from how other people think (and yet way less casually and unconsciously non-empathic than they are), trying not to spiral into anxious ruminatioin on several fronts... and all while everyone else seems to just take the churn of everything so lightly and effortlessly. And seeminlgly wanting to be  an active part of it. Meanwhile, part of me desperately wants the world to stop. Let me get my bearings. Work out where intuition is correct, and where paranoia has taken over. All the while knowing that I have no real hope of doing so. So I will retreat to the solitude of my home now, listen to a podcast, eat something, hopefully lapse into sleep to stop the ruminating for a while. And then try to step back on the merry-go-round again tomorrow. I feel almost absurd typing that at a desk where I have had a very static few hours doing relatively routine and only mildly challenging tasks - anyone else if I explained the inner roller coaster I've been on on the inside to them would be shaking their head in disbelief that I can get so disregulated via such minor triggers (many of them just small observances, exchanges, or a private thought that suddenly hits home). Yes, today's been a bad one. Tomorrow might be better or worse. I have no particular hope of the former. 

Anyway, that probably doesn't help much apart from saying 'I understand'. In a sense you are with those people you talk about - we're all a little alien on here!

Hello NAS78944,

I'm sorry to hear that you're having a hard time. I hope you are able to feel supported by the NAS community. If you feel that you might need some support with your mental health, you can find advice and information on how to go about seeking help, including links to other resources and details of helplines and listening support services, here: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/mental-health/seeking-help. 

All the best,

ChloeMod