I was led to believe that my age was the age I was supposed to be preparing to take life easy before leaving it, whereas, it actually seems to be the most frenetic period of learning and making decisions I've ever been exposed to!
I assume one of the reasons for this is because you are a late identified autistic? The autistic discovery journey as you probably are fully aware of is life changing! I read from your profile that you were identified as autistic at 59.
Thank you very much. I will acquire it ASAP. I was led to believe that my age was the age I was supposed to be preparing to take life easy before leaving it, whereas, it actually seems to be the most frenetic period of learning and making decisions I've ever been exposed to!
I can clearly see and understand the "Generation Gap" which was a concept pushed at young people in the fifties across the media back then.
It's a basic human "transaction" as described in the book I recommend in my bio.
Yes the reasons behind these ‘transactions’ are also covered in the book ‘A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic View of Neurotypical Behaviour’. It’s a very good book, I would very much recommend it.
I was repeating inside my head, “ I’m bored, until you say something that interests me.”
I like this honest response but like you say I am not sure it would be received well by majority non autistic groups. In autistic groups, this direct reply would be very much encouraged but then again I don’t think we would find as many interactions boring because small talk is not part of our communication style. We love deep think and deep talk!
That particular question does have a sensible answer. It's a basic human "transaction" as described in the book I recommend in my bio. It will be part of a sequence referred to in the book as a "game"...
Knowing why we do the silly stuff some of us do, is half of the battle, I believe. That little book has some of the answers, of that I can assure you.
I had the obviously kind remark from acquaintances , they said that I didn’t have to mask in front of them. I was repeating inside my head, “ I’m bored, until you say something that interests me.” Do they actually want me to unmask? Think not.
