subtitles
I think everyone is speaking in a different language to me, I think I need subtitles. You know, a few lines of text, just flashing after they speak, giving me a rundown of what they said. It wouldn’t interfere with my ability to look at people - I have seen so many subtitled videos that it’s just… peripheral vision. Except downwards and not out the sides of my eyes, though I’m not sure that this works.
But anyway, THE POINT IS: I am still acutely aware of the misinterpretation, the loss of meaning that any translation incurs. No matter if I analyse other people and their words or actions, or someone tries to explain them to me, I still lose meaning no matter how hard I try. I’m lucky that It makes me wonder, will I ever be able to understand anybody? And how on earth does anybody understand me?