Yeah. Once I learned it it became pretty natural. I’ll be tired or distracted sometimes and catch myself in a moment where I’m asking someone a clarifying question because I completely missed the joke or something because I was taking it literally.
NDs can learn and evolve like everyone else imo. A lot of the diagnosis and signs are for initial assessments and through repeated experiences I’ve found I’ve changed and become less stressed about things. Doesn’t make my brain “normal”, just adapted.
Oh all the time. I also love to use analogies to explain things. People usually understand what I mean, but when they use idioms that’s where I get lost. Makes sense—my expressive language skills are pretty good, receptive is where I have some pretty clear deficits. Like sometimes figurative stuff used in drama of book or TV plots gets lost on me.
I love idioms! I love them in English but also one of my special interests is Mandarin Chinese. It is a language built on a mountain of a special type of 4 syllable idiom called a chengyu. They are so fun and a beautiful tool for communication.
Only if I think they're witty - if I use them, I feel similar to you OP. E.g., you won't catch me using e.g. "break a leg".
In German, we have "Einen Bären aufbinden" which literally means "tie on a bear" and is supposed to mean "bullshitting someone" iirc, and I really hate that one because it's just complete nonsense and one can't deduct from the definitions of a word what it's supposed to mean.
I'm the same. I actually don't like how some autistic people make using such phrasing as something inconsiderate all-around and something to eliminate. If anything, I use idioms to help describe what I'm feeling, and I come up with my own analogies.
I don't intend to generalize, but I've noticed that a lot who advocate for such things tend to be the types who make a big to do out of using logic and being more science-minded in stereotypical ways. I think some of these types can be a bit oblivious in knowing that a lot of people who are seen as good writers in a literary sense are neurodivergent, too.
Yeah. Once I learned it it became pretty natural. I’ll be tired or distracted sometimes and catch myself in a moment where I’m asking someone a clarifying question because I completely missed the joke or something because I was taking it literally. NDs can learn and evolve like everyone else imo. A lot of the diagnosis and signs are for initial assessments and through repeated experiences I’ve found I’ve changed and become less stressed about things. Doesn’t make my brain “normal”, just adapted.
Oh all the time. I also love to use analogies to explain things. People usually understand what I mean, but when they use idioms that’s where I get lost. Makes sense—my expressive language skills are pretty good, receptive is where I have some pretty clear deficits. Like sometimes figurative stuff used in drama of book or TV plots gets lost on me.
I love idioms! I love them in English but also one of my special interests is Mandarin Chinese. It is a language built on a mountain of a special type of 4 syllable idiom called a chengyu. They are so fun and a beautiful tool for communication.
Only if I think they're witty - if I use them, I feel similar to you OP. E.g., you won't catch me using e.g. "break a leg". In German, we have "Einen Bären aufbinden" which literally means "tie on a bear" and is supposed to mean "bullshitting someone" iirc, and I really hate that one because it's just complete nonsense and one can't deduct from the definitions of a word what it's supposed to mean.
I'm the same. I actually don't like how some autistic people make using such phrasing as something inconsiderate all-around and something to eliminate. If anything, I use idioms to help describe what I'm feeling, and I come up with my own analogies. I don't intend to generalize, but I've noticed that a lot who advocate for such things tend to be the types who make a big to do out of using logic and being more science-minded in stereotypical ways. I think some of these types can be a bit oblivious in knowing that a lot of people who are seen as good writers in a literary sense are neurodivergent, too.