My therapists opinion about homesickness

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Sure my therapist isnt an expert in Aspergers. But one day she asked me, if I was homesick, when I went to Japan. I confirmed her, that I really was. She was very surprised, and told me that I am doing really well, because other Aspergers tend to not feel that emotion. I was very confused. I know other Aspies do feel that too. They just can’t describe it. How can I convince her that Autism doesnt has any connection to feeling emotions?

(Sorry for my bad englisch)

I would really appreciate your help or opinion

Greets

I would find another therapist. She doesn't know what she's talking about.

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But apart from that, she really gives me good advices. So how should I tell her that she is wrong about that? I have two possible solutions in my mind. The first would be showing her some segments from the official Aspergers website from my country. The second one is telling from my own experiences as a child. I could also talk about my Aspie Friends, who are also very empathetic and do feel homesick aswell. Which one could be more promising?

Well I told her a little bit about my stories of homesickness as a child.

Well it turns out that I quite misunderstood her. What she actually meant was that other Aspergers have difficulty to show or describe these emotions. She also told me, that she believes that alot of Aspergers have too much empathy, and they get overwhelmed by it.

That is correct. Autistic people can be completely overwhelmed by emotions and empathy to the point that it can even cripple us or make it difficult for us to function. It is also true that many of us do not process or express emotions in ways that neurotypicals are used to. But just because we do it differently does not mean that we do not do it. But it can be very difficult for many neurotypicals to recognize how Autistic people deal with their emotions. It can also be very difficult for us sometimes to express what we feel in a language that neurotypicals will understand. Some Autistic people also have trouble recognizing their own emotions or sometimes we might have delayed emotional processing where we process the emotions of something some time after the event has occurred and not during the event itself. Each Autistic person might express or process or experience emotions differently but usually the ways that we do express them are difficult for neurotypicals to understand.