Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello everyone I’ve always had some difficulties with understanding some of my emotions I know when it’s super obvious like if I’m laughing my head off about something but I keep thinking about my autism assessment I was asked several times what I was feeling or how I felt about something and I couldn’t really answer properly does anyone else suffer with this sort of thing is it to do with my autism?
Yea, I never know how to answer 'how are you feeling,' though sometimes that is because I'm feeling way too negative to admit it and don't want to be a problem. but other times, I'm just not really sure what I'm feeling if anything.
Yeah I tend to automatically say "I'm fine" because I don't know if they actually want to know if they're just saying it to be polite. Also, I usually think they mean how am I doing right this second, which is probably OK, but maybe they actually mean how have I been doing overall since I last talked to them.
I just copy what other people say when I ask them the question. You could say,
living the dream
Another day in paradise
Brill thanks how are you
Not bad, this and this happened.
Really good, I'm going to ...... tonight.
Remember it's not a trick question. Even if you aren't feeling something you can say you are just to keep the conversation going.
I don't think I've ever been asked that tbh. No one wants to open a can of worms about feelings
I never know how to answer 'how are you feeling,'
Me either - I can't tell if they really want to know and I also have difficulty separating physical feelings from mental feelings - I could be happy but very unwell - how do I feel? I don't know.....
I know what you mean.