Rudeness

I just come back from a walk and I'm feeling a bit down. As it's a nice day I decided a nice walk through the country would be nice, which it was until I saw this woman. Seeing her was fine but I felt myself getting anxious as she came over to me and I had a feeling she would talk to me which I'm not very good at. She did talk to me and asked where this village was which I knew and she asked for directions.

I'm not sure how you guys respond when this happens but my whole body tenses up, my throat gets tight, my stomach knots and I can't say a thing. I try to, I want to but my brain freezes and nothing happens. This woman looked at me sharply and then she sighed and told me I was rude and she walked off shaking her head at me and saying about my rudeness.

If only she knew the massive battle I was having with myself at the time and how much I really did want to answer her question.

Once again autism and anxiety won and made me look like a horrible person.

Feeling very down and disappointed now.

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  • I am sorry you had this experience. I had an experience when on holiday once and a woman criticized me for taking my son into the town, as he was experiencing a meltdown and I remember how awful that felt. She didn't know why we were there.

    The woman you met didn't know the reason you were unable to speak, so it was wrong for her to comment. If this is likely to make things difficult in future (although hopefully you won't have the same experience again), would it help to have a small card with a message to show someone saying something like, sorry I am unable to help.

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  • I am sorry you had this experience. I had an experience when on holiday once and a woman criticized me for taking my son into the town, as he was experiencing a meltdown and I remember how awful that felt. She didn't know why we were there.

    The woman you met didn't know the reason you were unable to speak, so it was wrong for her to comment. If this is likely to make things difficult in future (although hopefully you won't have the same experience again), would it help to have a small card with a message to show someone saying something like, sorry I am unable to help.

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