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?
Absolutely! I have a mood meter next to my desk at home that I check in with during the day so I recognise what I'm feeling. Ask me how I feel about something I'd struggle to say, ask me what I think about it though - I could go on for ages.
I've also noticed I have delayed emotional reaction to things, something can happen with work and i can think I'm fine about it- then it'll hit me a couple of hours later.
Yeah, my friends mistake my ability to think about something, or analyse it, for emotional articulateness. I did too. But I mostly have no idea what i feel about it.