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Do Aspies really lack emotion and sympathy?

I used to have too much empathy. I would spiral into severe depression because I knew others were suffering. More recently though, while I do still care about people I feel a bit dead inside and have a hard time showing emotions at all.
 
I care very much about people, to the point it hurts physically but I think I just can't Express/show it and people often call me insensitive and that makes me sad because i really do care :/
 
No we feel it differently... Scientist are still wondering if we are not more emphatic then other people and just bad at expressing it!
 
AspiePie said:
No we feel it differently... Scientist are still wondering if we are not more emphatic then other people and just bad at expressing it!
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That's quite insightful and I have to say I agree. The absence of empathy usually points to sociopathy rather than Autism.
 
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