Hi all :wavespin:,
I hope no one minds me posting, it is a big leap for me to do so. Normally on the internet, as in RL I observe what people are doing and only after I am confident that I won't make too many faux pas do I join in. (Now I am concerned with what the plural of faux pas is...:sticky_question
I am a 31 year old mother of a 9 year old boy-child with ASD :love:. I truly believe it is genetic in his case, but until very recently I assumed it was on his father's side! I have been seeing a therapist and it occurs to me more and more that I just CAN'T do the normal social things. It has never bothered me that much before (as I arrogantly assumed everyone else was at fault - I guess it was a case of self-preservation) but now I am more aware of it I am so self-conscious for even the most minor interactions. I suppose it did bother me enough to study humans and their interactions and try and improve things for myself, but it never occurred to me that actually, I might NOT just be able to learn it :{.
I am not sure if I fit the criteria for Aspergers, and there's lots of things about my life that are so automatically censored that I don't tell my therapist either so he's not getting a very complete picture of how I live. I am managing to hold down a job but I do feel like I am treading a fine line, I had my first "meltdown" :stomp: at work last week due to an overload of social interactions going wrong and then a misunderstanding with a colleague. I do not want to carry on like this and I need to know myself enough to prevent these things from occurring.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, I hope to contribute to this community.
I hope no one minds me posting, it is a big leap for me to do so. Normally on the internet, as in RL I observe what people are doing and only after I am confident that I won't make too many faux pas do I join in. (Now I am concerned with what the plural of faux pas is...:sticky_question
I am a 31 year old mother of a 9 year old boy-child with ASD :love:. I truly believe it is genetic in his case, but until very recently I assumed it was on his father's side! I have been seeing a therapist and it occurs to me more and more that I just CAN'T do the normal social things. It has never bothered me that much before (as I arrogantly assumed everyone else was at fault - I guess it was a case of self-preservation) but now I am more aware of it I am so self-conscious for even the most minor interactions. I suppose it did bother me enough to study humans and their interactions and try and improve things for myself, but it never occurred to me that actually, I might NOT just be able to learn it :{.
I am not sure if I fit the criteria for Aspergers, and there's lots of things about my life that are so automatically censored that I don't tell my therapist either so he's not getting a very complete picture of how I live. I am managing to hold down a job but I do feel like I am treading a fine line, I had my first "meltdown" :stomp: at work last week due to an overload of social interactions going wrong and then a misunderstanding with a colleague. I do not want to carry on like this and I need to know myself enough to prevent these things from occurring.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, I hope to contribute to this community.
