Time Out

I'm surprised I made it onto the leaderboard.  I'm not keen on it. Tom you've been helpful re some of my posts, I do hope you'll return in your own time. 
I was going to comment on some of the threads, but I come on here to find them locked, due to someone being abusive in them. I was going to ask what's the difference between imagination and social imagination, as a kid I would engage in pretend play tho mainly perhaps things I could do myself, such as having a teddy bears picnic with my bears, or playing at various other games, or pretend to use a phone, or build things from Lego. As an adult I can read Lord Of The Rings and imagine the locations and characters without visuals, same with music Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever I don't need to see the film Highlander to get an image in my head. I think my problem is I wish I could paint or draw as I seem to get a photograph type image in my head tho the block is transferring images from my mind onto paper. I wish there was a way I could do a mind meld with my printer and it would print out the image that I'm visualising in my head. 
I know when I moved in here I was given some curtains with elephants on them , at first I was a little sceptical, perhaps I was thinking more of kids curtains, tho the curtains are blue , and people have complimented me on my interior design, how everything seems to go together well. I can imagine my rooms painted differently, the main reason I havent done it for a while is I don't want to be stuck here forever. Tho the housing association did upgrade the kitchens and bathrooms a while ago 2-3 years, and I managed to live with the disruption glasses and spare crockery in boxes in the hallway, and my lounge seemed to be like a  bomb site. I can imagine say what my  my bathroom might look like if I painted it purple. .

Is social imagination a little like being a driver or motorcyclist , in that I was taught to expect the unexpected from other  road users, just because someone isn't indicating to turn don't assume they're going straight on , is that like a similar thing in a social setting. I've heard it said that people with ASDs aren't empathetic, tho I would say that that isn't true, maybe sometimes we're perhaps not quite so good at putting feelings into words. IT seems that the spectrum is really diverse, and I'd say we're all unique one person's journey is not going to be the same as anothers. Sorry if I've hijacked the thread!!!     

KillerQueen I couldn't find your thread so replied somewhere else but goodness knows where as I keep getting muddled up. Yes we are a diverse bunch indeed. 

KillerQueen I couldn't find your thread so replied somewhere else but goodness knows where as I keep getting muddled up. Yes we are a diverse bunch indeed. 

Leader board! I know it exists and now and again have a sneaky glance to see if I am on it,thankfully not,it I also cannot see it's purpose on here, I could answer every post with "hi there welcome aboard,sorry I cannot help you" I would then be top man,

On a car related forum if somebody wrote something sad in the "lounge area" I would just hit the like button to let them know I had read it and was concerned,we still have a long running post about depression,been going many years.it has helped so many people.

I would like a box to tick just to say"I am here,I have read your post but don't feel I have a good answer, basically to say I care.

sorry tom I get lost and forget where I am on here,please forgive me for going off topic.

by the way I haven't found out how to do anything on here yet apart from waffle on a lot.on that car forum you could PM anyone once you had made 30 posts,you could send friend requests easily too. I quite often want to say something emotional or supportive to someone on here like" Hi been reading your posts,if I can help in any way just let me know?".

But to message anyone you have to friend request them first? 

Take care all.