Literal Thinking

Today I realised that I had an example of my literal thinking ....

With my form of Autism we tend to think literally, and this can be a problem for us at times... even though with age and experience you can learn that certain things shouldnt be taken literally and even if you do at first take it that way you can realise it wasnt meant that way.

Anyway to my example....

My maiden name was Moore ....

And until my mid 20's I always thought that when people said something was ( Mooreish ) ... Moreish ...

That they meant it was something made by a Moore ...

It took me until my mid 20's and having a husband before I found out that when people said something had a Mooreish taste or something was Mooreish ... they actually meant that they could have some more of it because it was so nice.

But because my last name was Moore I took it literally... and until my husband came along I never actually told anyone or bothered to ask about the meaning.

There are so many things that I take literally like that and it can at times cause problems, especially online, but its who and how I am and even though I can learn that not everything should be taken literally, sometimes it still hard to know when something should be and when something shouldnt be taken litterally.