"Something else" category.
1. What I am thinking vs the words that come out of my mouth. I struggle with getting points across to people in a meaningful way.
2. I tend to monologue vs. converse. My conversational reciprocity doesn't work well. Tends to make people back-peddle.
3. I do not have the skills to jump in-and-out of a group conversation,...almost always causes me to avoid these situations,...or, I sit and observe without contributing.
4. Nobody seems to be interested in the things I am,...or at least not at the intellectual level that I am.
5. Group conversations are often too quick and jump from one topic to the next,...and I can't seem to keep up. I am still thinking of an earlier topic and the conversation has moved on to others.
6. Most people do not understand how I make connections between topics. I am an "out-of-the-box" thinker that when expressed often causes confused facial expressions.
7. I don't like noisy restaurants, bars, crowds,...anywhere there is excessive talking.
8. I keep my self in a rather "neutral" emotional state, as I don't modulate my emotional states well enough to be socially appropriate,...and it can be rather embarrassing. So,...I appear as if I am not enjoying the moment,...when, on the inside, I might be. When people around me are laughing hysterically,...I might give a small smirk. When people are crying around me,...I struggle to keep a straight face and not react (it's hard). I know that people notice this behavior, and may be misinterpreting what they are seeing.
