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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Alexithymia Traits

lbanquer
Posted: 08 Mar 2013, 3:15 pm 

Replies: 7
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It's not about reading other people's faces/eyes/emotions, etc. It is an inability to identify your own emotions. I mean it naturally manifests in an inability to identify anyone's emotions, but it begins with your own. If you can identify and describe your own emotions, then you don't have alexith...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: alexithymia and IQ correlation

lbanquer
Posted: 08 Mar 2013, 3:01 pm 

Replies: 43
Views: 6,356
I just checked myself into an intensive outpatient program to deal with depression. My Alexithymia score is 142 and I think this is the root cause of my persistant depression along with job and relationship issues. I'm beginning to wonder if in fact I don't have Aspergers, and just have Alexithymia....

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Aspergers VS. Highly Sensetive Person???

lbanquer
Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 9:39 pm 

Replies: 43
Views: 27,797
Thank you for explaning the different types of empathy! I've been researching empathy and found most (if not all) of the explanations frustratingly inadequate. I've been accused of not having "empathy". It was apparent to me that I was struggling with "cognitive empathy" and being overwhelmed with "...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Dear Aspie:WHY ARE ASPIES VULNERABLE TO BULLYING?

lbanquer
Posted: 31 Jan 2013, 1:24 am 

Replies: 35
Views: 11,058
Great post and highly congruant with my experience as a child. Through grade school and junior high I was teased and bullied quite a bit. High school and beyond it wasn't a problem, although there were several incidents of "misunderstanding". This is likely because I was slowly picking up on appropr...
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