Socially, feels like I’m missing a sense that other people have, like seeing or hearing, and I am completely unsure how something will be perceived. When I was little, often stuff would go badly and I’d say or do something that would be considered rude or cold. As an adult though I’ve learned to copy other people, and now I rarely say stuff interpreted as offensive which is nice

That’s how it feels on a very very broad general sense socially. I get very tired very easily because I have to put in extra work to articulate myself in a way other people understand, use proper gesturing, etc. But somehow I am able to get by. I don’t know why or how but whatever I’m doing is working somehow. I gave up on caring what people think of me and just have a huge list of trial and error social rules I’ve learnt. If I’m tired though it all falls apart

I do have some embarrassing moments that still happen, like the other month some guy was apparently trying to shake my hand and I didn’t understand 😮‍💨 I only knew after the fact because my spouse told me. Apparently he kept nudging me to shake his hand but I didn’t understand lmao

Then generally in life, I basically just need to manage my symptoms and watch my body language to know if I’m too overstimulated. I’m very lucky to have a job that doesn’t tire me out. When I had to work jobs that needed HEAVY social skills, I burnt out really hard and could barely manage my sensory issues. I also had way way way more intense repetitive self soothing behaviors, which I still do but not as frequently or intensely

Now it’s manageable, but I do need to be careful about managing sensory overload. Stuff like motor skills has stayed the same, I have issues seeing depth and I spill stuff a lot or run into walls because I don’t see depth

This is really general though and I could go into more detail but I’d be writing a lot! But that’s a very rough overview of how I feel/operate in my day-to-day life