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Recent content by Maky

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    Alexithymia

    I've kept journals before, and it doesn't change anything. At most, it makes me angrier at other people for how they treat me and the few I care about. Except for a few rare individuals, I don't feel any attachment. Almost every relationship is calculated to make sure I'm not being taken...
  2. M

    Alexithymia

    For me, I suspect that my overwhelming emotions might be different than what neurotypicals feel. For example: The lemur I cared for lost his partner to cancer, and I could see the life go out of his eyes. I wasn't allowed to interact at that point, but I knew he remembered me and that my...
  3. M

    So many questions

    Welcome. Earlier today, someone recommended the Embrace ASD website, and I'd have to agree. If you're trying to decide if your symptoms are from trauma or masking, this site would be perfect for you. I'm not a psychologist or even an expert, but since I learned about ASD, I've gotten really...
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    Alexithymia

    Excellent replies! Thank you very much, everyone, for sharing. It's good to see I'm not alone in that gray area with alexithymia. I know ASD is often associated with disconnects between emotions and conscious perception, but my lack of emotion seems like something above and beyond that. Unlike...
  5. M

    Alexithymia

    I'd like to know if anyone has been formally diagnosed with Alexithymia. I think I have it (to some degree), but it's not worth the cost and hassle to get diagnosed. I'd like to hear more about typical emotional experiences from others with it. Personally, I've had several instances where I had...
  6. M

    Hello from Simi Valley, CA

    Sorry to hear that. The lockdowns haven't changed anything for me. As a middle-aged single male, I'm always socially isolated, even before the pandemic. Most people treat solitary middle-aged men as would-be rapists. Guilty until proven innocent... Ya know, the usual. Since my best friend (a...
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    Hello from Simi Valley, CA

    I've tried all that, but most are fine with just acknowledging that they're different and don't want the stigma, even privately. Most have learned to cope/mask and have done so for decades. And honestly, I can't say that a diagnosis has done much for me. It just shuts people up about the formal...
  8. M

    Hello from Simi Valley, CA

    Hi, everyone. I'm 45 and have Asperger's. I grew up in rural Illinois, unaware of my condition, and struggled with it for decades. In my mid-30s, my mother learned about the condition from a friend with a young autistic child and suggested I learn about it. For several years, I went undiagnosed...
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