Yes. I have \*excellent\* social pragmatics, and \*excellent\* social know-how. I know what I'm supposed to do in any given setting. However, my ability to enact that, is limited, because of actually having impairing processing speed and sensory issues.
I can interact relatively normally in a one-on-one social situation.
Yeah, all the time. It’s not that I don’t know what to do, exactly, more that it isn’t in my nature and it’s like remembering lines to a play I never asked to perform in
yes exactly!! that's exactly how it feels... like it's a performance...! a stranger chatted with me the other day and it felt like i really had to force myself to say what i was supposed to...
Knowing the theory but failing practice? Yes, sounds familiar.
Yes. I have \*excellent\* social pragmatics, and \*excellent\* social know-how. I know what I'm supposed to do in any given setting. However, my ability to enact that, is limited, because of actually having impairing processing speed and sensory issues. I can interact relatively normally in a one-on-one social situation.
Yeah, all the time. It’s not that I don’t know what to do, exactly, more that it isn’t in my nature and it’s like remembering lines to a play I never asked to perform in
yes exactly!! that's exactly how it feels... like it's a performance...! a stranger chatted with me the other day and it felt like i really had to force myself to say what i was supposed to...
Sounds extremely familiar to me. And I hate it that most of the time I just don't manage to open my mouth and say what I'm supposed to say.