Prepare to enter the wild and wooly world of an adult with Aspergers Syndrome, a form of autism characterized by intellignce, quirks, social difficulties and downright strange and oddish behaviours.

People with Aspergers generally are high functioning in everyday life but have great difficulty connecting with others due to the inability to read faces, body language and subtle verbal clues. They also tend to take words literally and have a hard time multi-tasking.

Oversensitivity to touch (clothing has to be soft and often the tags removed), light (do not leave home without the sunglasses), sound (loud noises and noisey places are avoided), taste (many Aspies have quite a limited diet and are frequently very picky eaters) and smells makes the everyday existence more of a challenge.

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To find out more about what Aspergers is..please check out my earliest blog entries

Friday, March 8, 2024

Too many conversations in two hours

I must look approachable and friendly these days. After the last two hours I'm completely overwhelmed. These are my interactions:
Talking with my barista.
Five minute conversation with the nice yard man, lawnmobatista.
Five minutes of info gathering, exchanging, filling out forms with the receptionist. 
Twenty minutes discussing my medication.
Another convo with another batista Because I Just Needed Another. As well as a chat with the order taker.
Brief talk with a cashier.
The woman behind me in line gave me compliments and wanted to engage. 
I am learning how to talk to myself without moving my lips because it looks a lot like crazy, and I'd rather not.
After the lady in the checkout line, I got into my car and started spewing, talking a lot to myself to disperse, debrief, calm down, get grounded again, and I just couldn't help it.
I feel like I ran a half marathon but it was just talk, and the stress that arises from too many interactions and nor enough space in between them.
At home, coffee and a need for chocolate.
I will not leave my domicile for awhile. I could probably go hide under the covers in bed which would be soothing but I also went to the grocery store earlier and have some serious food preparation to do.
Yikes
People
Talking
Stop
Okay
Breathe