“You’re self-centered” or you’re selfish are toxic and ignorant ways to respond to someone dealing with mental illness. You wouldn’t tell someone who was freaking out because they had a broken leg that they were being “self-centered.” Or someone who needed a lot of help because they were undergoing chemo “selfish.”
You have a serious disorder you are trying to cope with. It sounds like your family doesn’t understand this at all. Maybe try to have your doctor educate them.
It’s an automatic process. It’s not something you normally have to think about.
I don’t think my body language/reading other people’s body language is that good…It’s hard to judge from so called body language tests on line that consist of saying what emotions are being conveyed by a person’s eyes/face. I don’t do too badly on those but I’d think there’s a whole lot more to it than that. Also looking at a static photo and automatically processing face to face in real time aren’t quite the same thing.
I know years ago I was told I was giving off a certain negative message even though for the life of me that wasn’t my intention .
Thanks to all posters
i have a massive need to hear all this kind of things
I was thinking just this. I’m not sure man. I’m not technically dx’ed with autism, but I do have these issues. I’m legally declared a schizophrenic. But dude, it seems like people expect people to know. Body language just flies over my head, for real man. I mean, a chick could be blatently hitting on me and I would never know, I’d probably think she was just being nice. It’s either that or I’m just dense. Women especially man. And then they get pissed off at me because apparently they give me these “signals” that I don’t catch onto. People expect us to read minds man, or so it seems
When you are selfish you are boring to others because the others are selfish, too, and want your mind to be on them.
Brilliant … x!
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