Over read and taken wrong.

I am no doctor, but have you ever been tested for Asperger's?

Now, I know that will sound like I've just gone from zero to sixty, but hear (read) me out. Folks who are on the Aspie spectrum tend to not quite get social signals and cues. So perhaps you are a rather mild case. You can get around in the world, for the most part, but at the same time, your communication style isn't helping you much.

All my life people have thought I meant something else. Not literally what I just said or wrote but what I Really meant. As if I had some underlying metaphorical meaning. Why can't people just understand content not context of my words? It's always the same. It was the way you said this. It's how you looked when you said that. Even when I write something it's taken as if I meant something else, where my tone or expressions can't be seen. This has caused me much confusion, grief and even career change over my years. No wonder I frown when my face is relaxed! What's wrong with me?

I have the opposite problem. I speak metaphorically, and people take me literally, or else go "duh?". Life is not easy, sometimes, for people who are more complex than average.