Have you ever found people giggling at you?

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I still do have sleepless nights. Actually, had one yesterday, slept an hour at the maximum. But, I believe I can control this by myself and meds would cause more harm and just momentary help.

I take Citalopram, which isn't supposed to work for Aspergers people but it does work for me; I don't know why. It's specifically for anxiety-laced depression. It and a great therapist have helped me turn my life around. I get quite jumpy without it, too.

Thankyou, I'm on venlafaxine but to be honest I don't think it does much but it makes me too sick when they try and take me off it so I'm scared to try again. I think this is something I'm going to have to really research seeing that the people who are supposed to help are useless (with the exception of my psychotherapist who goes above and beyond what she's paid to do).

Yes, the same here.. reclusive after I left home. I am guessing it is because of the fact that I had my mom, who took care of mundane activities like, bills, laundry etc.

But, I do not want to go back home either too much stress in keeping up with their social demands.

Once, I decided to go to a beach (alone). While I was walking along the beach, I realized that two girls were giggling at me. One of them said ''It seems he thinks that he is very handsome''. Then they start laughing out loud.

I wish I had a flamethrower . (do not take it serious, no James Holmes here)

Seriously, I wonder the underlying reason of their behavior. Even if I am ugly, what is the point in offending someone like this? And still I am the one who lacks empathy according to tests?

it's horrible and I wish people wouldn't do it, I wonder if they get quite how much of an impact it can make.
Re: the empathy test, you can score low on empathy but still be a kind person, I think this site is a good example of that. I score 15 on the empathy test but I try hard to be a kind person, it might not be easy but I do try. x

No, no, don't go into any detail describing how normal you was looking, because if you are writing a thread explaining how confused you are people laughing at you then you must be self-aware enough to notice such behaviour of other people, meaning you probably was looking as normal as anybody else. I don't give the discouraging answer ''maybe you are doing something odd you don't know about'' or ''maybe it's your facial expression/posture'' because I know NTs and I know they wouldn't really laugh at a facial expression or a posture of somebody. Mostly people laugh at the way someone is dressed, or if they are doing something ''freaky'', like talking to yourself or some unusual movement that can seem ''amusing'' to them, which I take it you was not doing, otherwise you would probably have guessed why they were laughing and wouldn't bother to write a thread about it here.
So the answer to why these people were giggling at you is just one of those unknown mysteries. Well, that's the most descent answer I can come up with, and what probably fits you the most. When I post things about this sort of thing, I find myself going all into detail about how I stand, how I dress, how I look, how I......and it is pointless, and there is no point in posting a picture of yourself either because you'll get somebody here squinting and pointing out teeny details like, ''hmm, your middle finger is a fraction away from all your other fingers, that is really unusual, no wonder people were laughing'', and other stupid little things like that what NTs aren't really going to notice and laugh about, otherwise you would be afraid to move!

So, no - you were as normal-looking as the next person, I don't see why people would laugh at you, but if they were, just look upon it as a mystery. I can name countless stories of moments I've had where people have laughed at me, and this wasn't in college or even in school - it has always been random strangers on the street! This mystery really needs to be solved, maybe I will call Shaggy and ScoobyDoo to help solve this mystery, because I find it rather spooky, since I don't look unusual and my posture is OK, I walk up straight and wear stylish clothes and I......dahh, I'm doing it again! I look normal, members of WP, 'nuff said!