A little background: I have had a caugh for about a week now and it is getting rather bad. My Mom is always yelling at me to stop caughing. So when a friend told me to stop caughing I thought she was honestly upset with me. I quickly found out that she was joking though. Today my PE teacher kept telling me to stop caughing and that is was not alowed. I thougt he was serious. At the end of the period he was speaking with me and he realized that i thought he was honestly angry. Yes indead he was joking as well.
The main story: I told my friends of this antedote during lunch. All are NT but some have autistic traits (actualy probobly all but not as strong as some). My one friend out of thin air asks "Are you sure your not autistic" Her explination for this was because autistics tend to take things literally so it poped into her head. Everyone was silent for about three seconds. Me because I was not sure how to answer. And they because the could not figure out where she was coming from.
Wow was I at a loss for words. I was shocked to say the least.
Well looks like she 'caught you out'. The girl I catch the bus with in the morning keeps questioning me about why I don't socialse more and so on. I'm tempted to just tell her but I don't want word to get around...
PS: I think you mean anectode. Antidote = something you take to neutralise a poison
PS: I think you mean anectode. Antidote = something you take to neutralise a poison
Blast, Me and my wretched typing. If only hands could keep up with thoughts.
Blast, Me and my wretched typing. If only hands could keep up with thoughts.
That would be very nice, wouldn't it? I tend to forget what I am writing and then complete the word(s) according to what I associate with it/them, and I tend to mix up words like TO and YOU etc. And since there is no edit button here, by the time my brain switches on, it's too late!
I sometimes take things literally but more often than not I take things too personally.
PS: I think you mean anectode. Antidote = something you take to neutralise a poison
Blast, Me and my wretched typing. If only hands could keep up with thoughts.
"Had I known the difference between Anectode and Antidote a few years ago, my friend Billy Snyder would still be alive" -Ron White
I struggle to get when people are joking around even when they're using similar humour to me, usually I get it eventually but then it's not funny and I end up saying sorry.
I've started putting random words into my typing and having to recheck everything I type, I've also started getting carried away with the shift key and putting capitals in random places just like I do with handwriting which is very strange.
"Had I known the difference between Anectode and Antidote a few years ago, my friend Billy Snyder would still be alive" -Ron White
I'll have to remember that one 
Hmm, interesting that your friend would know that taking things literally is common with autistics... I wonder if she knows one? Well, besides you, that is.
Hmm, interesting that your friend would know that taking things literally is common with autistics... I wonder if she knows one? Well, besides you, that is.
One of their friends (that they can barely stand at most times.) has a brother wiht autism. I was actualy afraid to say anything becaus of this. They virtualy can't stand him. When I told them this Caitlin, the one who asked, replied with "We don't complain about him because he's autistic, We complain about him because he's a pervert." Autism if also fairly well "understood" because of that evil book The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nighttime" That apears to have been read by many. (it was an option for contemperary novel for honors summer reading.)
I get told i am too uptight lol
"Had I known the difference between Anectode and Antidote a few years ago, my friend Billy Snyder would still be alive" -Ron White
Heh. Read faster!
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