Since I cannot express myself as well as those with Asperger’s….

I agree, I think in my career I could have got so much further if I had the skills to build better relationships, the knack of being warm and friendly, of establishing rapport, and – particularly important this – not upsetting people when I didn’t mean to, just because it didn’t occur to me that what I was doing or saying would upset them. However, I’ve now accepted that I can only do what I can do, and try to improve where I can (and not beat myself up where I can’t). I also do a sort of pre-emptive strike, I tell everyone, all the time, that I am tactless and blunt, so they expect be to be quirky. And they do seem (most of them, as far as I can tell) to respect the talents and abilities I do have, and so are happy to accept me as I am.

I’ve recently accepted that I’m blunt. I don’t lie. It doesn’t occur to me to lie. If someone asks me a question, I answer it. This may be due to lack of being in social situations or maybe it is just my personality. Since I’ve accepted this, I told someone once about it. I said, “I’m blunt…that is why it is better that I don’t talk”. 🙂

I hope this isn’t taken out of context:

So, say that one person gets a bad haircut. Due to other things going on in their life, their resources are low in stocks of resilience and self-confidence. The bad haircut is the straw on the camel’s back.

Another person loses her hair while undergoing chemotherapy. But the chemo’s going well, the cancer was caught early and is of a type that’s unlikely to spread. She’s receiving lots of support from family, friends and colleagues. The loss of her hair is just a minor nuisance.

Yep. When I see people having a mini breakdown over something that seems small, I will not judge. I’m better at dealing with the big stuff but the little things are the things that break me down. On the other hand when I hear people complain about a scratch on their car (for example), I’m like “REALLY??! A tiny scratch?!” My neighbors (a block away) have keyed my car, flatten all 4 tires and more. I don’t even wash my car. That is what rain is for. The only thing that bugged me was the tire thing because I had to pay for it to get towed. BUT…people care about different things. Priorities. There are a lot of things I care about where people could go…um, really?

Occasionally I feel the need to post something coherent. That means the words of others.

Anyways, I left my house due to people throwing fire crackers at my house. I found one in the yard. They really get a kick out of trying to hit my house…I’m at my mom’s house. Guess what?? Her AC isn’t working. AHH! It is 101 degrees outside. The hottest day of the summer so far (tomorrow will be hotter). I was going to go back to my house but I chose the heat over another day/night of illegal fire works.

I took pics of my house and I have other pics as well. Maybe tomorrow I will post them.