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?Alexithymia

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Alexithymia - I came across this word, which appears to describes myself, does this resonate with others on the spectrum ? Does cPTSD in autism contribute or cause this, or could it just be (c)PTSD. Especially repeated shutting down over time. How do you know if shutting down is the autism, or ptsd?

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    Yeah massively. I didn't realise until fairly recently that 1. I didnt know how I feel to any deep level. I only knew if the feeling was good or bad. I would dismiss any 'how are you question' with 'im ok' or 'im not ok'... I thought this was just casual speech. When a counsellor prompted further I realised I didn't know how I felt.  I found emotion wheels useful but then...stopped using them

    2. I would show outward anger when it wasn't anger I felt. I assumed people would recognise my outward behaviour as something else...but only recently I realised they always thought it was anger. 

    I shut down an awful lot in adult life. Probably as a child tended to meltdown. However I never did this at school...only home.

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  • Hi

    Yeah massively. I didn't realise until fairly recently that 1. I didnt know how I feel to any deep level. I only knew if the feeling was good or bad. I would dismiss any 'how are you question' with 'im ok' or 'im not ok'... I thought this was just casual speech. When a counsellor prompted further I realised I didn't know how I felt.  I found emotion wheels useful but then...stopped using them

    2. I would show outward anger when it wasn't anger I felt. I assumed people would recognise my outward behaviour as something else...but only recently I realised they always thought it was anger. 

    I shut down an awful lot in adult life. Probably as a child tended to meltdown. However I never did this at school...only home.

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