Do Aspies have fewer and simpler emotional needs?

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my emotions? hmmmmm...
anger- fear- basic happiness- sadness- guilt- worry- anxiety- sarcasm/irony- sorrow- curiosity- disgust- an amorphous kind of childlike love- concern- humor- envy- loyalty. there may be others but i can't think of 'em right now.
stendahl's syndrome seems to be a great amplifier of some of my emotions, IOW when i have 'em they are more intense than in the average bear.

Emotional needs according to this site:

I still don't know how you measure or how you feel wether you're emotional needs are more complex in comparison to others. What's uncomplex and when does it start to get complex?
I don't think I can fathom my emotions or emotional needs as a whole and put it down in some sentences. Maybe I'm thinking about this in too complicated ways.
I'd say it depends on circumstances. It's something dynamic and not constant. This could be considered complex.

Well, I have complex emotions and complex emotional reactions because I feel deeply more than other people when it comes to life in many ways. I think that's why I am a good poet. But what exactly is an emotional need? For instance, if I said, "I want a hug right now from such and such a person because I am stressed and it would make me feel better", would that be a simple emotional need? Or here's a better example. I showed a song today to a group of people and it fell flat in terms of reactions which I didn't like and wasn't expecting. If they said they liked it, I would have been extremely happy and I could have gone on about my day. But nobody really cared for it so I got upset inside. Is that what you mean?

Some people with AS are ruled by their emotions, don't be fooled. Some honestly do have a very limited emotional range.

From what I've seen here it appears that the Aspie women tend to be more emotional but it doesn't seem as consistent with the Aspie men. I see extremely logical and extremely emotional Aspie men here.

Speaking as a weird nt and I guess BAP...it's like I have no emotional...um, memory? The emotions don't stick for ling and once they're gone, it's like they never happened.

I do feel all of them to some degree, or have. Some on that list I haven't felt for years.

Either heck no or I'm not autistic after all! My emotional needs are much MORE complex by society's standards! I'd be shocked if "they" claimed that people with Asperger's had simpler emotional needs.

My moods are thunderstorms but my needs and reciprocal emotions are light rain.

I think I know what the OP means. I think I get a lot of unnecessary praise but I think it's just what people do. And I don't give a whole lot back either.