On Why I Have Difficulty Functioning In Society

[the_wanlorn]

 
Right then, I kind of want to make a post about this because I've found some people who have explained some things far more better than I ever could.

I don't like people.

I know, shocking, right? People are scary, they're strange, they're weird, I don't understand them. I'd much rather be at home, doing stuff on my own, occasionally talking to people on the internet (where I know all the rules and they're likely just as scared as I am).

vixyish makes a post here, listing the three (plus a fourth that's part of one of the others) that largely fuel this. I would seriously like to emphasize the bit about being bad with names.

I am bad with names. I will blank on the names of people I've known for over ten years. If I've met you under six months ago, odds are, I don't remember your name yet.

I mean (with notable exceptions, namely people who use their screenname as their names), how often have you actually heard me say your name? Not call you "Dude" or "Hey" or "Oi"?

And then cadhla goes on to talk about it more. I admit, my way of dealing with the same underlying issues is different. Seanan is exuberant and bouncy and appears confident. I withdraw and hide and try not to draw attention to myself.

It's just easier to let other people talk about this for me than to try to put it in words myself. I'm having a bad time of it lately, so I've been thinking about a lot of this stuff, especially the parts that I really wish other people could know.

These two posts pretty much sum up those parts. And now I'm going to go back to freaking out over my HW.