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Recent content by MrMagpie

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    Dealing with Lack of Emotion

    I see. From my vantage point you certainly don't seem 'mentally retarded'. It's a shame they didn't have the proper diagnostic tools and knowledge available when you were younger - although, to be fair, no one ever noticed me when I was young at all. That's what happens when you have an autistic...
  2. M

    Dealing with Lack of Emotion

    Yes, I apologize. It's a handle I picked up from an old Radiohead song, and on the internet one's gender so rarely comes into play... Unfortunately, I'm sure my therapist, who first made the tentative diagnosis, will no doubt want to pursue some form of behavioural treatment. I've known that...
  3. M

    Dealing with Lack of Emotion

    Unfortunately, I'm almost positive my temper is simply something I picked up by watching my Father interact with other members of the family. He and I were quite close when I was a young girl, before he suffered a complete mental breakdown. It's strange, because even when I'm angry enough to hit...
  4. M

    Dealing with Lack of Emotion

    To begin with, 148257, both of your guesses were entirely correct on all fronts. My friends do come to me for advice on their relationships and other day-to-day matters, and even though it confuses me that they're asking, I answer as best I can and they do, as you said, appreciate my practical...
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    Dealing with Lack of Emotion

    Thanks for your reply, 142857. Like you, I have gone back and forth with myself trying to figure out my emotional state at any given time. It could be a sort of coping mechanism - my Father was, after all, abusive in all the ways a parent can be for much of my childhood. But even thinking back...
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    Dealing with Lack of Emotion

    To begin with, an introduction. I am a 23-year-old recent college graduate currently gainfully employed at a local Walmart to keep the school loan collectors from taking me to court for non-payment. I was recently and tentatively diagnosed by my therapist as having a case of highly functioning...
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