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alkaloid · 12-09-2003, 08:40 PM

I have hard time with eye contact thing, too. Recently, I was watching reruns of Law and Order: CI and in one episode the bad guy had something called Asperger Syndrome, which is a form of high-functioning autism. He was totally devoid of any native social skill so he had to simulate it by observing people around him and formulating and consciously following the rules just so that he doen't stand out like a total alien. He said something like how he has to maintain eye contact 1/3 of the time, any more people think he is being aggressive, any less, people will find him insincere.

I somehow identified with that man.

12-09-2003, 08:40 PM	#36 (permalink)
alkaloid Dead Inside Location: East Coast, USA	I have hard time with eye contact thing, too. Recently, I was watching reruns of Law and Order: CI and in one episode the bad guy had something called Asperger Syndrome, which is a form of high-functioning autism. He was totally devoid of any native social skill so he had to simulate it by observing people around him and formulating and consciously following the rules just so that he doen't stand out like a total alien. He said something like how he has to maintain eye contact 1/3 of the time, any more people think he is being aggressive, any less, people will find him insincere. I somehow identified with that man. Last edited by alkaloid; 12-10-2003 at 07:51 AM..