I am misinterpreted sometimes as being angry or sad. Or if I don’t laugh at something, it’s natural for people to assume that I didn’t find it funny. When I was young, I enjoyed humor but did not laugh much. Amused is a good word, but people could not tell. I have been working on this for years and laugh a lot now, but I still don’t know why people expected me to have fun in a certain way and didn’t wanna believe me when I said I had a nice time. Learning to be rambunctious and bubbly and perky has been like going through acting school and it has helped me in keeping customer service jobs but the downside is that now people expect me to act that way all the time and think there’s something wrong with me when I’m not. My natural smile as a teen has been described as a Mona Lisa smile. Very muted. But now I am much more expressive due to working on myself. But once again, if I revert to a baseline, people will think there is something wrong with me. I am happiest though when i don’t have to perform for others all the time. Maybe sometimes when I am trying to act and imitate an actress, but not all the time. Even actors are not in the public eye all the time. My direct comments have gotten me into trouble as well. So I have to be very careful to word things a certain way or consider whether to say them at all, which can lead to people thinking I am slow or they’ll recognize I am struggling somehow which is a bad sign. I totally understand where you are coming from. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Love your content. I can relate to everything you said. In my case, I´m also misunderstood when I´m hyperfocused.. when someone talks to me and I´m on hyperfocus mode my response tends to be late and flat, some may say rude, but I have no control over it also I don´t want to be rude. It is very hard for me to pay attention to anything around me when I´m hyper-focused. Also, an abrupt interruption can lead me to panic.

Thank you for sharing this. I can relate to every single thing you said. Grateful for people like you who are being the voice for yourself and all the nd's like us. Love your content! sending lots of love.❤

my name is mukesh chowhan 26 from west bengal .i came to know in 2022 that i have aspergers syndroe . my social skills are worst than a child. aditi man can you make a video about diagnosis of high functioning autism .i have seen some videos of neurosergon alok sharma about stem cell therepy.