Hi, AndStillIRise-- This definitely resonates with me. I've often felt that I must be from another dimension, that this is my first time in a human body... everyone else seems to know things I don't, and I have no idea how they learned them. I don't know if this is an inborn deficit or a result of childhood experiences or both, but it definitely is rattling, as you say. One thing that is helping me a little is trying to use the DBT techniques of observation and describing to slow my mind down-- it keeps my mind from being quite so all over the place so that I can pick up more cues and focus on the person I'm interacting with. Hope this helps a little-- you definitely aren't alone!