I thought I had aspergers ...but the phycologist said I don't ....but I do have sensory processing disorder (which most kids with autism have) ...my brain is wired differently so I am hypersensitive to alot of stimuli..like just rubbing a towel can hurt me.......
But I also have very low empathy I can't help it I just can't like explain my feelings......or be sad or happy with or for others I don't really love anyone or think of anyone as a person but my little cousin....like I remember that when I was 12 my parents came in my room and said "your grandmother (who I had spent years with and had even lived with us )had died". My response "oh ok.....can you bring me a glass of water" I did cry for like 5 minutes at the funeral because of the realization that I won't see her any more but after that I didn't care
Where is this coming from its not a symptom of the sensory processing or the mild social anxiety I have....where is this this is one of the main reasons I don't have close friends
Any way
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a psychologist isnt qualified to diagnose autisim , or lack of, you have to see an autistic specialist
you do sound like you have some of the signs of it, but again im not an expert on it
if you feel you have it,then you should talk to the people who specialise in it and diagnose it every day as they are the bst suited to diagnose that, which they do based on a lot more than just the description you give , they talk to your family , current partners etc as well
Don't be so sure that you have low empathy. Social anxiety sometimes actually means that you have a repressed hyper-empathy. You feel anxious because you know what other's are thinking and feeling, but you just don't know how to interpret it. That sometimes gets better with age. I kind of had the same issue.
It's just the way you are. It doesn't need a name or diagnoses. It's just your personality. You can't make yourself care about people who you don't care about.