Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone,
I wanted to know if anyone else has the same issue, and I’d like to know if this is an autistic trait.
firstly, a lot of people say I’m difficult to read as I don’t open up with people. I tend to ask others how they are rather than open up about how I’m feeling. My facial expressions are ones I think would fit in a conversation (default is looking like I’m concentrating!)
in conversation, I’m told I always just agree with people and nod rather than give my own opinion. My mum says I’m very ‘flat lined’ and don’t express emotion much like excitement or anger unless it’s a really strong emotion (extremely angry or extremely happy etc). Does anyone else have this?
thanks so much in advance!
from Ellie
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.