grommet
Well-Known Member
Today things didn't feel right and it was not until I started watching a television show that I have watched over and over that I felt better. It just seemed to put everything in place and I was calm.
All my life people have made fun of me or at their most kind, gave me odd looks when they found out about me enjoying something repetitive. Why? (rhetorical). It never hurts anyone when I do these things that make me feel so much better. These things make me feel calm and like I am at home finally. I re-read things, dozens of times. I have films I have seen until I memorized so well I had to wait a while before I could watch them again. There are television programs I have seen hundreds of times. I don't know why this bothers people so much.
I like routine. I need familiar. I eat the same thing at the same time (trying to change that for better digestion). I go to bed and wake up at the same times each day. I have routines all day and I really do not know why it can make people angry. It does not affect anyone but me. I am quiet and I live alone so what does it matter if I live differently than other people?
A few years ago a new person came over to my place and noticed how many digital thermometers I had. I had not noticed myself but I do like to know the temperature because I am so sensitive to it. So I had put them within view of all four directions.
My home is clean and my bills are paid. I have not been arrested and I don't make noise. When I am in line to see a cashier I will not move forward until the person ahead is finished and has left. I want to be polite to them.
If I don't cause trouble and my routines do not affect other people why do they have to comment on them and frown. Having routines works for me. It helps me a lot.
I wish aspies could just be aspies and people could accept them the way are.
All my life people have made fun of me or at their most kind, gave me odd looks when they found out about me enjoying something repetitive. Why? (rhetorical). It never hurts anyone when I do these things that make me feel so much better. These things make me feel calm and like I am at home finally. I re-read things, dozens of times. I have films I have seen until I memorized so well I had to wait a while before I could watch them again. There are television programs I have seen hundreds of times. I don't know why this bothers people so much.
I like routine. I need familiar. I eat the same thing at the same time (trying to change that for better digestion). I go to bed and wake up at the same times each day. I have routines all day and I really do not know why it can make people angry. It does not affect anyone but me. I am quiet and I live alone so what does it matter if I live differently than other people?
A few years ago a new person came over to my place and noticed how many digital thermometers I had. I had not noticed myself but I do like to know the temperature because I am so sensitive to it. So I had put them within view of all four directions.
My home is clean and my bills are paid. I have not been arrested and I don't make noise. When I am in line to see a cashier I will not move forward until the person ahead is finished and has left. I want to be polite to them.
If I don't cause trouble and my routines do not affect other people why do they have to comment on them and frown. Having routines works for me. It helps me a lot.
I wish aspies could just be aspies and people could accept them the way are.