I respond really strongly emotionally, sometimes completely out of proportion by NT standards. I have problems with fiction because it feels like the "drama" happening on screen or on the page is affecting me directly. Can't watch TV shows like 24, because I stress out like I'm facing a terrorist threat, not having the flashy lights depict one for my amusement. In particular - unfairness. I'll be going around muttering to myself for days.
But the strange thing is sometimes it doesn't register with me that I'm having an emotional response - I can tell you honestly I'm not anxious even while I'm having psychosomatic breathing problems from anxiety. Other times it just builds up til it bursts, and then I seem to go from nought to meltdown instantly.
19 Jan 2011, 8:23 am
