Im not a full deck of cards can be expression meaning mentally insufficient this is how i feel often like im not quite right and lacking cognitively. I look at a stranger in the supermarket blankly as they speak to me because i can’t understand what they are saying to me, my mind is overwhelmed and i can’t even think.
I must have huge anxiety around people
Im smart though but it takes me longer to understand things
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I guess it takes longer to understand and process because i have a lot of anxiety and paranoia clogging up my brain
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Sorry everyone i don’t mean to appear disrespectful. Im just describing how i feel about myself a lot
(Just realised it may sound strange) 
I don’t have a full deck, but I’m playing with the Tarot deck. Gives me an edge.
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Haha yes. But i feel aware of it sometimes and it bites me on the butt. I wish i could be fully functional, ive tried hard really hard but im on disability now because id be useless working
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No one can be functional at everything all of the time. I’m sure not. I’m just good at holding it together for half a day when I need to. I think you are likely doing better than you are giving yourself credit for El Duck.
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Thanks @shutterbug i hope so.
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I’m not working with a full deck, either. Even normal people have problems you wouldn’t want. Trick is finding happiness in the things you can do and be the person that fulfills you.
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Some of the expressions used to mean mentally ill I find amusing. The one you mentioned, not playing with a full deck of cards. And, the lights are on but no one’s home.
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Well it sums it up for me
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Same here, i find these expressions mostly harmless and don’t mind them.
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I’m like a robot, just go through the motions with people.
If you saw me trying to prioritise the steps in a multi step task and getting nowhere fast, then you’d soon realise how far from fully functional I can be sometimes.
I only have like two cards … Creativity and honesty… I feel you. I have absolutely nothing to offer people outside of those two things
My interactions with people are always weird and really tense. That’s why I like this forum …you can find people who deal with some of the same issues
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You are overwhelmed. Don’t blame yourself.
Well, I think I’ve always been a few sandwiches short of a picnic. But I made due.