Posted by Quintal on December 28, 2006, at 14:51:34
In reply to Re: Jimmy and Others Re: Last Night's Post » Quintal, posted by Declan on December 28, 2006, at 14:21:25
>Eager to please?
Yes, mostly I like approval - I don't like being told off, but I usually end up provoking that reaction.
>Some time back people here were throwing around interesting labels like 'executive dysfunction' requiring treatment with amphetamine.
I remember that, but I never understood exactly what it was supposed to mean.
>Yesterday someone said 'Hello' to me and I said 'Bye' before I knew it. Like being trapped in a reasonable but painful comedy.
I think it's called Malapropism and my dad does it a lot. I've had similar moments myself. Often get confused about the appropriate words to say in greeting so say nothing at all, or more often just "sorry" apologising for my confusion which ends up confusing and alarming people even more. Even worse, I sometimes turn my back on people in greeting or look away - that's one of the things that first caught my attention about Asperger's Syndrome. That's what I like about computers - you have time to think and plan out the most appropriate response which I can't do very well in real life.
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