Is it normal to be take everything so literally?

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I am 19 and I take pretty much everything that someone says literally, and I mean each word. I have only begun to notice this and apparently I have always been like this ever since I was young according to my mother. E.g- My instructor says 'you need about 50 more hrs practice driving before going to sit the test'. Well I freak out thinking I have to drive hours on end or that it will take me months and months, where as she was just giving me an idea, I took it literally lol. And all other things including little things that I get really mad over if someone says they will do something then they don't, well I take that literally...IIN

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  • davesumba
    10 years ago

    I'm exactly like this, and I get it from my mom, who is even worse about it.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      aww it sucks aye :/

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  • BellaJane
    10 years ago

    People with high functioning autism always tend to take things literally, look into it.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      but that doe snot mean I am autistic right?

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      • NormalIsOverratedBeANinja
        10 years ago

        Haha, is doe snot very different from buck snot?

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      • 69
        10 years ago

        and you are joking too, right? lol

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          10 years ago

          about what part?

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  • 69
    10 years ago

    you may need about 25 years of therapy, voodoo cleansing and a solid religion to get that fixed

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      and u are joking right! lol

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      • 69
        10 years ago

        yes, yes i am ma'am

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  • 3rdXsTheCharm
    10 years ago

    It usually takes me a second to realize whether someone is using sarcasm or not.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      What part is sarcastic..? O.o

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      • 3rdXsTheCharm
        10 years ago

        I'm confused.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          10 years ago

          no I'm confused lol, you just said 'it takes me a second to realise whether someone is using sarcasm' as if I was being sarcastic at some point within my post? O.o

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          • 3rdXsTheCharm
            10 years ago

            Oh no I didn't think what you were saying was sarcastic, I was just saying that it usually takes me a while. Idk nevermind!

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              10 years ago

              well what do ya think about my post aye? I mean, I don't think everything that everyone has said in my case is called sarcasm...?

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  • dom180
    10 years ago

    I'm a lot like this. Often I have to consciously think about it to work out what someone means if they're not being literal. It's not too hard to work out if someone's being literal or not sometimes - like if they're using a turn of phrase or what they're saying sounds ridiculous if it's taken literally - but other times I don't notice they're not meaning what they say literally. It's very frustrating to me and leaves a lot of room for misunderstanding if people mean something different to what they say.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      yeah it is real hard for me too, another example is when my neighbor said 'and don't be afraid to say hi', and I said 'I'm not afraid' my sister laughed and said 'she didn't mean it literally lol'. I then thought about it and realized she had used the wrong word, so yeah I do take trivial things pretty far...

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      • megadriver
        10 years ago

        Read about sarcasm, word-play and such. This could be a problem later on in life (Getting a job, studying at university, dating, whatever...)

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          10 years ago

          well I do know what sarcasm is, though I don't think she was being sarcastic just trying to point out that I don't say hi or whatever...not sure.

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