Reading people, actions and reactions are very complex and subtle. We could go on analyzing examples forever, and still not fully understand what happened as we were not there. Even if we were, people would have varying opinions of what happened.

You are such a puzzle to me, Ruby, because you write very intelligently but you have huge difficulty in reading people and feel compelled to bizarre behaviors. I suppose this is a trait of your disorder.

Is there a type of therapist who teaches how to learn social cues? Is it possible for you to learn if someone tried to teach you? If you got to be the age you are and haven’t learned these social skills, is it possible for you to be taught them? There are infinite variables. I don’t know how you can be trained if you have a disability that prevented you from learning like the rest of us learn these things from birth on.

Have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day? This movie might help you. The lead character (Bill Murray) has to repeat the same day over and over until he learns how to get the girl to fall in love with him. The movie shows the same scenes with him using different words and behaviors until he gets it right.