(Article) Why people with Aspergers seem so awkward around others

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Just released on PT's Aspergirls blog...

I liked the article a lot. Of course, keeping in mind that, "When you've met one Aspie, you've met one Aspie".

There is plenty of useful commentary here for both Aspie females and males (as well as the NLD community).

Enjoy,

~CJ

Why people with Aspergers seem so awkward around others

Why are Aspies so weird? Why can't we

just "get over it" or act normally?

Published on

October 13, 2010

Non-autistic people or neurotypicals see safety in numbers.

We see threat.

Unless we are shipwrecked and have been floating at sea in a dinghy for

four days with no food we don't see safety in other people. They

stimulate the amygdala in our brains, causing adrenalin overload and a

fight or flight reaction. So we may feel testy, want to flee, or,

because we've trained ourselves to do neither, we simply become

awkward--stiff, jerky, even suffer from a temporary inability to speak.

Some of us, because of the adrenalin rush, switch into performance

mode, and we can seem both witty and charming for a short period of

time. This tricks people into thinking we are socially adept. It's a

smoke screen. Performances are tiring and we can't keep it up for

long-certainly not an entire work day, or any other lengthy gathering.

Eventually, we become exhausted and depleted and must retreat mentally

or physically.

more....

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/aspergirls/201010/why-people-aspergers-seem-so-awkward-around-others

or http://tinyurl.com/2fay9bp