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Feeling others emotions in the room

Autismman

Does anyone ever experience an unease around people sometimes in the sense that if they are on edge or stressed or maybe even going through some personal struggles this is passed onto you and makes you unsettled also. They don’t have to say anything directly to you but there’s an uncomfortable atmosphere, like it’s grating on you and polluting the environment around you and your inner calmness becomes electrified with energy you don’t want. I am not sure if this is just an autistic thing or more of a heightened state when around others due to anxiety. Is it also possible it’s a way to avoid any emotional stress yourself by picking up on these vibes and heading for the exit when possible? 

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  • This describes an empath I think? I have been called an empath many times and I’ve read up about it but can’t really find out why some people have it. If someone cries in my company I do struggle with knowing how to react but always end up getting tears in my eyes too. All the recent news about Gaza, I feel a lot of pain for those people, it feels terrible inside my body. Is this what you mean. 

  • in reply to Orangegnome

    There is a lot of injustice in this world which is another thing that I struggle with and have to tune out a bit at times because the feeling of helplessness is overwhelming. I can’t logically produce any answer as to why the world commits evil acts. It’s more of a feeling of negative energy, I find it hard to empathise unless I have something to go by personally like a shared or similar experience with the person who’s giving out the vibes. I think I have become good at reading others in person as if they fall into a “personality” type that can be categorised. Of course nothing is this black and white, people are people, no one’s truly defined by a hunch or someone else’s idea of them. I think autistic people tend to do a lot more people watching than people talking perhaps this is just part of that. 

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  • in reply to Orangegnome

    There is a lot of injustice in this world which is another thing that I struggle with and have to tune out a bit at times because the feeling of helplessness is overwhelming. I can’t logically produce any answer as to why the world commits evil acts. It’s more of a feeling of negative energy, I find it hard to empathise unless I have something to go by personally like a shared or similar experience with the person who’s giving out the vibes. I think I have become good at reading others in person as if they fall into a “personality” type that can be categorised. Of course nothing is this black and white, people are people, no one’s truly defined by a hunch or someone else’s idea of them. I think autistic people tend to do a lot more people watching than people talking perhaps this is just part of that. 

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