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Are you good at identifying emotions/feelings within yourself?

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over 4 years ago

Example 1: At my last psych appointment the pdoc said I looked happy. I didn't think I was.

Example 2: Was recently seen at main hospital emergency department  because of chest pains. Tests were ok, but BP was higher than normal . Had to go for follow up the next day . Doctor said it had been  raised because I was anxious. Apparently my pulse rate was fast.  I hadn't noticed I was anxious.

I don't think it happens all the time ie I sometimes know when I'm anxious etc .

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  • over 4 years ago

    Hi I would like to add something else. Does anyone else need someone else's opinion to confirm their own feelings? It's like I'm not sure how I am supposed to feel or be, but then if I have guidance or direction off someone this helps me know what to do or how to feel.  Eg I've been off work with anxiety and didn't know if I should go back to work or not. It's taken about 4 other people to tell me I'm still not right and need to stay off.  Ive felt like I couldn't make this decision myself, and similarly when going off work I didn't know what to do.  I feel like a non AS or non alexithymic person would be able to understand this about themselves straightaway.  I had to ring my manager for an update last week and on the phone I was going "yeah I'm fine" cos I'd had 2 good days. When in realitythis is s long term thing im going through. I feel often like I can't see past whatever current mood or frame of mind I'm in.

    Can anyone relate to any of this? Apologies if it's been mentioned before but the thread is long so I've not read everything.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to out_of_step

    I get what you mean.

    I often feel neutral for most of the time but then I almost dig deep and think things over like what’s happened through my life and recently and the things I tend to remember kind of trigger an emotional response of how I should be feeling.

    if I remember the good times then I begin to feel good and vice versa.

    I find it difficult to explain myself as in character and the emotions I am feeling.

    I’m no longer a really reactive person  or the danger to people I once was but I still don’t take *** from no one and would quite happily fight to the death for survival or my friend.

    but when I try to describe that to people they think that I want to fight people.

    I also can’t express my feelings on experiences. I’ll with say it’s good or bad but then they’ll say how good and without a comparison to another experience I can’t express anything or explain how good.

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  • over 4 years ago in reply to out_of_step

    I get what you mean.

    I often feel neutral for most of the time but then I almost dig deep and think things over like what’s happened through my life and recently and the things I tend to remember kind of trigger an emotional response of how I should be feeling.

    if I remember the good times then I begin to feel good and vice versa.

    I find it difficult to explain myself as in character and the emotions I am feeling.

    I’m no longer a really reactive person  or the danger to people I once was but I still don’t take *** from no one and would quite happily fight to the death for survival or my friend.

    but when I try to describe that to people they think that I want to fight people.

    I also can’t express my feelings on experiences. I’ll with say it’s good or bad but then they’ll say how good and without a comparison to another experience I can’t express anything or explain how good.

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