Yagami Light
Active member
Hello. There's an issue I have had all my life. I'm not sure if it's a result of lack of intelligence or something else - hence I'm not sure what working to do to solve it.
In very few words, I tend to misunderstand what others are saying to me. Someone may be insulting me to my face (in a sarcastic way), and I think they're joking around. At other times, they may be joking around, and I will think they're serious.
An incident happened a few days ago. A man was putting many of the cheese products in the store I work in a bag. The other guy with whom I was working, realized right away that the man was stealing. I thought that he was just using his bag as a storage place, and he would then empty it at the cashier in order to pay. (We tend to use our own bags as storing place and then empty it at the cashier)
But it should have been plain obvious that the guy was stealing, since he wouldn't be buying so much cheese!
Similar things like the above happen all the time to me.
Something that's plain obvious to others, or as they say "common logic," it's not obvious to me at all!
I will tell you a final and actually funny example.
I was inside the bus, and it suddenly smelled bad.
The obvious answer: "Someone farted."
My brain: "It smells like broccoli. " And I was then staring around for anyone carrying a bowl of cooked broccoli that may have accidentally opened or something...
The above incident makes for a hilarious situation, but when it happens all the time, it makes it difficult for me to have a common ground with others. Also, when they tell me something that should be common logic, they look at me like I'm stupid- and I can't help but wonder, am I? Is it a lack of intelligence or something else?
It feels like my perception of the world is just wrong all the time.
In very few words, I tend to misunderstand what others are saying to me. Someone may be insulting me to my face (in a sarcastic way), and I think they're joking around. At other times, they may be joking around, and I will think they're serious.
An incident happened a few days ago. A man was putting many of the cheese products in the store I work in a bag. The other guy with whom I was working, realized right away that the man was stealing. I thought that he was just using his bag as a storage place, and he would then empty it at the cashier in order to pay. (We tend to use our own bags as storing place and then empty it at the cashier)
But it should have been plain obvious that the guy was stealing, since he wouldn't be buying so much cheese!
Similar things like the above happen all the time to me.
Something that's plain obvious to others, or as they say "common logic," it's not obvious to me at all!
I will tell you a final and actually funny example.
I was inside the bus, and it suddenly smelled bad.
The obvious answer: "Someone farted."
My brain: "It smells like broccoli. " And I was then staring around for anyone carrying a bowl of cooked broccoli that may have accidentally opened or something...
The above incident makes for a hilarious situation, but when it happens all the time, it makes it difficult for me to have a common ground with others. Also, when they tell me something that should be common logic, they look at me like I'm stupid- and I can't help but wonder, am I? Is it a lack of intelligence or something else?
It feels like my perception of the world is just wrong all the time.