Do you relate more to animals than people?

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This does not sound weird at all. I have always been able to maintain a better bond with the animals I bond with than with the humans I bond with. I think it is because humans expect to go to a different level of understanding, just because we all speak with words, whereas animals are ok with just struggling to understand each other and loving that all the same. This does not mean I have a bond with every animal or every human, just sometimes, and the bond with animals tends to last, given the opportunity.

Thanks for asking the question

P.S. For a slightly different take on this question you might enjoy looking at the YouTube video on TED called Frans Lanting: Photos that give a voice to the animal kingdom.

I certainly feel like I can related to my cat very well, and I also think I feel more love for her than I do for a lot of my family. That is not something I would like to admit elsewhere because I think most people wouldn't understand that. My cat is sick at the moment and I was thinking I'd rather some person die than my cat.
I'm pretty sure that's a very wrong way to feel, but that's how I feel.

When I was young, I related to animals very well, and people not at all. I could usually get the attention of whatever animal was present and more or less keep it the entire time I was present.

Now that I am older, I actually have trouble relating to either. I think as I got older, my emotional issues relating to ASD and other factors worsened substantially, and that is the cause.

But I think 'having more in common with animals than people' is not wierd, and not just an ASD thing. Plenty of NTs are like that too.

I don't relate to either.

I understand how you feel. You have the right to feel whatever you feel about the situation. I truly hope your cat recovers.

I don't know that I relate better to them, but I do find being with them less complicated then being around humans.

I relate to Wolfmen better than I relate to humans.

Funny thing -- I was just thinking how cuddling my dog is way better than cuddling my husband

Even a cat, robin, or squirrel? You must be a master of nonverbal communication. Are you sure you're not NT?

Sorry but I disagree with pretty much everything you said. I don't know if your "analysis" applies to some women (and what about all the men who also love animals?), but it certainly doesn't apply to me. I have always felt closer to animals than humans in general, especially dogs and cats, and they have always been my "babies", even when I was still a very young child. On the other hand I never liked babysitting, its just not my thing. I don't hate kids but I am not drawn to them either. I also cannot stand people who treat animals badly.

And sorry but it is your own point of view that "its people who you are really after". I have met very few people in my life with whom I "connected", and its fine that way, quality over quantity, I have never been, and will never be "after people", I don't feel the need to "feel a connection" with everyone I meet. I have been married twice (still with my 2nd husband), but eventho I am married and have a son, I always need to have at least one dog and one cat in my life, or else I cannot be happy, they are an important part of my life. They are not a "replacement" for children, they are different, and are my "babies" in a different way.


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At work
there are crows
I have known
over 15 years.

Believe me,
I have no such
friends
otherwise.

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I don't know about animals, but I tend to have more empathy for inanimate objects than people. I don't know if this is normal or not. For example, if I eat a bowl of potato chips and there is one potato chip left, I feel bad for that potato chip because it is alone, even though potato chips obviously don't have feelings. And when I was really young I would hoard pieces of dust. Does anyone else relate?

Why didn't you stop eating when there were two chips left? You merciless monster.

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