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butterpecancream
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11 Apr 2025, 9:26 pm

As a person with autism in a relationship, I struggle with expressing emotions to my partner in words. I can say "I Love You", truly meaning it, but when it comes to describing my feelings on a deeper level (such as going in depth with my feelings), I have a hard time. It's like a brick wall that I can't knock down is in front of me when it comes to this issue.

Do you struggle with expressing your in depth emotions to your partner and if so, what helped you get through this issue?
(NT advice is wanted also. Hope I didn't offend with this last sentence.)



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13 Apr 2025, 3:32 pm

Oh that's a good question
I'll have to give it some thought
I hope you can get the help you need


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13 Apr 2025, 3:36 pm

butterpecancream wrote:
As a person with autism in a relationship, I struggle with expressing emotions to my partner in words. I can say "I Love You", truly meaning it, but when it comes to describing my feelings on a deeper level (such as going in depth with my feelings), I have a hard time. It's like a brick wall that I can't knock down is in front of me when it comes to this issue.

Do you struggle with expressing your in depth emotions to your partner and if so, what helped you get through this issue?
(NT advice is wanted also. Hope I didn't offend with this last sentence.)

I do, in our case it's as much on her as it is on me as she isn't the best at actually understanding other people's emotions.

What I would say is that it's more important that the people involved understand how shows of affection are going to be made than forcing it to be words. Even for NTs often times words are not the way that it's shown, especially in cultures where it isn't encouraged to show emotions.



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13 Apr 2025, 3:50 pm

I think many of us can feel emotions, and even describe emotions but what's difficult for me is conveying how I authentically feel in words. As Doetchii says "denial is a river".