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30 Mar 2015, 3:24 pm

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I think aspies are probably more emotional but we don't show it in an NT way and we care about different things so what might make one of us feel emotional would do nothing to an NT; and likewise.

I agree. I think the key word is "seem" NTs seem more emotional because they show it more.

I'm the opposite. I usually show my emotions more and have more trouble controlling them. I think it can go either way.



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30 Mar 2015, 3:29 pm

TheAP wrote:
Do you see NTs as more emotional than you, or less emotional, or a bit of both?


This cannot be determined.
All that can be known is whether a person EXPRESSES emotion or not.
There is no way to know what emotion any human is experiencing INTERNALLY.



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31 Mar 2015, 12:43 am

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Nah, I mean I shield almost all my emotions from reaching the outside... I would guess many of us do. I doubt that NTs are more emotional than Aspies or vice versa... but I think NTs let their emotions show more than Aspies. I could be totally wrong- it's just my two cents.


The shielding is a sign of detachment and/or dissociation from intuitive information coming from your subconscious.
It's a cognitive filter that blocks or attenuates those inputs.


NTs are not necessarily more emotional, but they do absolutely "emote" much more. They learn to "act" and become conditioned to it.


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The opposite. Aspies are more emotional, whether in the form of sensitivity or intensity. All intense people are sensitive but all sensitive people may not be intense. Even those aspies who "seem" to be less emotional or less intense are at least sensitive. at least sensitive enough not to bully/hurt others "consciously."

And if by "emotions" the society means "showing off dramatic behaviours " like "fake cries", fake smiles, "creating dramas out of nothing", blackmailing or manipulating or making others feel guilty, then we are not emotional. :)


Yep, - acting. Those are psychopathic behaviors either originating from psychopathy, or due to the individual learning to emulate the behaviors of psychopaths, directly, or second-hand.



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31 Mar 2015, 2:31 am

Someone had proposed some tests some days ago, the first blocked, the second was about emotional ressources(?),
one question struck me as typical; when you watch something, I don't remember the discription, terrible and dread- full on tv, do you cry ?(are these psy's crazy ? do they cry while watching the news? they see us as what here ?) I don't,
but I've got to a life which limits at max the purchase of corporate goods, my life has practically no advertising in it, I grown my veggies and don't donate to false goodness, so I don't care because I don't cry? ~~
Sheeple don't do nothing - that's what we're looking for here ? the masses of false pretence and shared lies ?



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31 Mar 2015, 5:07 pm

Not really.


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But often people use "emotional" to mean something like "having emotions that I can't fully predict/understand"


This is about right. They react differently than I do, and they react to different things.

Does anyone think that part of the reason for the impassive appearance of autistic people is that we're often told that our emotional reactions are stupid, unjustified, and over-the-top, so we learn to hide them?


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01 Apr 2015, 8:36 pm

Who_Am_I wrote:
Does anyone think that part of the reason for the impassive appearance of autistic people is that we're often told that our emotional reactions are stupid, unjustified, and over-the-top, so we learn to hide them?

Yeah, that's probably true for a lot of autistic people. (Not for me--I never learned to control my emotional reactions.) Another reason could be that some people are more "shutdown" types than "meltdown" types and just don't express their emotions out loud--it's just not the way their emotional systems operate.



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02 Apr 2015, 2:25 am

The way i see it, NTs have a bigger set of emotions to choose from; where i'm "happy", they are content, elated, joyed, idkwhatelse.

however, the emotions i do feel, from this select set, are deeper than those an NT would feel.

so, as with many things, an NTs emotions are broader, while mine are deeper



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02 Apr 2015, 7:06 am

It is part of AS/HFA to have more difficulty recognizing own emotions, but that has nothing to do with depth/strength or variety.
Personally, I can say, that I often detect expressions in others, that those in the same group didn´t catch. On the other hand, I often can´t distinguish between my empathy and my being overwhelmed. Often I can only give a headline to explain, what I feel myself.

I guess, that AS/HFA´s approach to emotional situations seems "colder", because they are used to having to read before they react, - and to their often more logical mindset.


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02 Apr 2015, 8:36 am

NTs compare to Aspies?
More emotional? Not so.
More expressive? Yes.

Expressions are not always equal to emotions.



And they say Philippines is the most emotional country. I could attest the internal and external parts (Especially people from the poverty, but not so from the people closer to the capital or most ambitious NTs I've encountered because they tend to be 'actors and actresses') but very much so expressively. Sometimes, behind their laughs and smiles, there's a struggle... And sometimes, behind their desperation, there's contentment.


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