Yes, exactly. Although I look like part of the social whirl and I am genuinely friendly and people like being around me, it's rare that I'm immersed in the moment. I think most people often are. I watch them and they're living life, not thinking about the life that is unfolding in front of them.
I know people have sometimes said it was difficult to be around me because of the amount of thinking I do but these are people who only notice because they know me very well. I don't have natural human reactions to things; I have considered reactions. I spot patterns and I know people and situations in ways other than it being familiar because I feel it too. It's not that I feel it; it's that I've previously observed it.
It used to bother me, I think, but I came to terms with it. People are different. I'm different. It makes life harder at times and it sometimes makes me feel isolated. But I do such a good impression of being a normal person that, to most people, I am just a normal person. Not many people know what's going on inside.
Hang in there, yeah? If it helps, there are many situations where people specifically want to be around me rather than others because I'm a calming influence and I don't impose myself. We make the best of what we're given.
I RARELY laugh
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Yes, exactly. Although I look like part of the social whirl and I am genuinely friendly and people like being around me, it's rare that I'm immersed in the moment. I think most people often are. I watch them and they're living life, not thinking about the life that is unfolding in front of them.
I know people have sometimes said it was difficult to be around me because of the amount of thinking I do but these are people who only notice because they know me very well. I don't have natural human reactions to things; I have considered reactions. I spot patterns and I know people and situations in ways other than it being familiar because I feel it too. It's not that I feel it; it's that I've previously observed it.
It used to bother me, I think, but I came to terms with it. People are different. I'm different. It makes life harder at times and it sometimes makes me feel isolated. But I do such a good impression of being a normal person that, to most people, I am just a normal person. Not many people know what's going on inside.
Hang in there, yeah? If it helps, there are many situations where people specifically want to be around me rather than others because I'm a calming influence and I don't impose myself. We make the best of what we're given.