Does anyone else feel other people's thoughts and emotions?
I get this all the time. It doesn't mean I know exactly what they're thinking. It's the emotions I get, mostly in the form of physical sensations but also, a bit less strongly than the physical feelings, as emotions.
I am autistic.
I've read about forms of hyper empathy and I think it might be that. I've had a lot of chances by now to gather evidence that it's really happening e.g. from my partner and my sister. I know things about what's happening with them and especially how they're feeling, with a precision that I couldn't know otherwise. They don't have to be physically with me, at all, for me to feel what they're going through.
I think contributes a lot to why I find being around other people too much quite exhausting, and having too many people in my life. Animals and nature are less draining and in fact generally have a relaxing feel, though I often pick up on anxiety or even fear from dogs e.g. on the bus or whatever.
Interested to hear if anyone else gets this.
