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Turning emotions on/off

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I have heard recently that people with Asperger’s have the ability to turn emotions on and off in a sense my whole life I have been miserable not being able to regulate my emotions and I feel the reason I never was able to develop this skill was because I was always told that I need to find a way to deal with it and not react 

if anyone could help me to be able to teach my self this skill to do it at will to shutdown in a way to help with my emotional regulation and impulse reactions that would be the best thing anyone could give me I have been struggling with my Asperger’s for so long and have only been able to do it accidentally once it was the biggest help but I would like the ability to know how to do it when ever I need to make going through life easier 

any help or advice on how to teach myself this would go further than you would know 

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  • Hi, I used to also go blank/ turn off emotions at times in the past but I don’t think it’s something I can control and it’s also (at least for me) not very healthy- because all those emotions get bottled up and at some point they will resurface or explode out or worse eat you up from the inside... when my granddad (well actually he was a family friend but he was my surrogate granddad and one of the closest family members) died I barely cried and felt quite blank - Only years later did the emotions resurface and I cried a lot about loosing my granddad. Even now over 10 years later looking at a picture of him can set me off into tears and sadness. I didn’t deal with the emotions at the time he passed but only started digesting it years later. I don’t think turning off emotions is a good coping mechanism- maybe look into relaxation techniques or ways to not let emotions get to you in moment- but shutting them off completely is risky in my opinion and I don’t even know if it can be done consciously....

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  • Hi, I used to also go blank/ turn off emotions at times in the past but I don’t think it’s something I can control and it’s also (at least for me) not very healthy- because all those emotions get bottled up and at some point they will resurface or explode out or worse eat you up from the inside... when my granddad (well actually he was a family friend but he was my surrogate granddad and one of the closest family members) died I barely cried and felt quite blank - Only years later did the emotions resurface and I cried a lot about loosing my granddad. Even now over 10 years later looking at a picture of him can set me off into tears and sadness. I didn’t deal with the emotions at the time he passed but only started digesting it years later. I don’t think turning off emotions is a good coping mechanism- maybe look into relaxation techniques or ways to not let emotions get to you in moment- but shutting them off completely is risky in my opinion and I don’t even know if it can be done consciously....

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