i'd say im pretty good at reading faces and body language. sometimes (not very often at all) i get a bit confused by a challenging face, but usually i know the general feeling of someone by looking at them (as long as they arent blank faced, lol.)
however, i do tend to miss sarcasm occasionally when spoken. and i can appear very gullible...i believe people a lot when they joke or say something. and a lot of times i dont know how to react to something, like someone else being intensely excited, or depressed or angry. i cant really be empathetic unless i think about it for a bit, and can relate.
and i still have to occasionally ask people if doing something is appropriate or not....sometimes i will blurt out something a bit wrong. or say something too innapropriate. but it's never THAT bad. usually just awkward.
people misinterpret things i say a lot, as well, it seems.
oh and i never know what to do with my hands and arms. i prefer to keep them at my sides or folded.....like in dancing, or expressing myself, i never know what to do with them. if im really cofmortable with a person and excited, i may take their hand, or something. oh yeah, and if i do use hand gestures, people seem to sometimes make fun of them for seeming "too literal a gesture" or something along those lines.
i know this all seems like a lot of good indications, but i feel like im blowing it out of proportion! argh. all those things do happen though....for granted sometimes not too often. maybe thats because im so withdrawn? but with my friends i dont usually slip, either.
is that a good indication of AS social skill problems?
im REALLY sorry im asking all these questions about myself. i am just so unsure! argh!
23 Sep 2009, 1:44 pm
