Difficulty expressing emotions/opinions

Are magic mushrooms legal in Britain? They are said to help autistic people reach those hard to get to spots. They use them in the Netherlands, I think.

I just wanted to share that I to am told I have a flat toned voice, very little emotion ever enters it, unless I am overwhelemd. I think it is quite widely shared in Autism and likely to be a trauma response. The same is true for my facial expressions and emotional repsonses.

Many services for Autistic people are still based on the theroy of mind  approach to autism, and that leads specailists to the conclusion that we are in some way lesser than others. That our brains do not 'function properly', that we cannot truly make rational decisions, and we are scary.

Fotrunately this treory of mind approach is starting to be challenged. Some people with Autism are getting the qualificaitons needed to play roles iin helping us understand ourselves. We are starting the challenge the neurotypical narrative of our lives, but this needs to continue at a faster rate. We are not lesser, we are not inferior, we are simply different..

I would encourage anyone here to challenge the neurotypical narative of our lives.

     I have this difficulty too and just end up asking a lot of questions, instead, to find out whats up, like a little kid with endless annoying questions. Or I become the joker and make everyone laugh.

     Odd things is, on paper, the written word, I have no trouble at all expressing myself and I have gotten feed back about that even, but speaking is another matter.

     Before I had language or could read I would rhythmically, bang things, like my little porridge spoon, or a coin against other things, like the table. It was frowned upon. I still catch myself doing a (heavily censored) version of this in person with people when excited.

Thank you for the reply ! Much appreciated 

Thank you for replying, much appreciated 

Thank you for your reply, i appreciate it 

I don't really speak up or talk much at all unless someone actively asks me something. It didn't used to be like that.

I don't like talking for the sake of talking. 

Yeh I had the same thing. People said I had flat affect. It’s in the past now I’m not really bothered about it anymore. I’m an adult now. Times have changed I have moved on. 

Yes, this is quite a common feature of autism. My own family say I'm 'difficult to read' and it must be even harder for people I know less well to 'read' what I'm thinking and feeling. Probably, this is an underlying reason as to why forming relationships is difficult.

We are intriguing and mysterious... People have to be patient if they want to really know us. That can be a good thing.

Thank you very much for your reply-I get that comment too about having a flat toned voice. Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it

Yes, this is very common in autistic people.

My assessment report noted that I have a very flat tone of voice and don’t use much facial expression. I may feel like I’m smiling but my face has other ideas.

Opening up to other people is something I learned not to do in childhood because it generally resulted in humiliation. Again, I think this is very common in autistic people.