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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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  • I came across it a few years ago when it was mentioned by a mental health person. I often feel that I have quite a stunted emotional range and I can't easily describe how I'm truly feeling.

    I have TRD and I genuinely don't feel happy, even when I reach the space where that feeling should reside, it's just not there.

    My physical response to this is tears and I'm now convinced that it's emotional dysregulation which is triggered by strong emotions. Just because I don't know that these emotions are there, it doesn't mean that they are not real!

    What to do about it is the trick, I'm too long on the tooth to get an emotion wheel and I just take the emotions to suit the situation, if people don't know you are suffering they tend not to pry.

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  • I came across it a few years ago when it was mentioned by a mental health person. I often feel that I have quite a stunted emotional range and I can't easily describe how I'm truly feeling.

    I have TRD and I genuinely don't feel happy, even when I reach the space where that feeling should reside, it's just not there.

    My physical response to this is tears and I'm now convinced that it's emotional dysregulation which is triggered by strong emotions. Just because I don't know that these emotions are there, it doesn't mean that they are not real!

    What to do about it is the trick, I'm too long on the tooth to get an emotion wheel and I just take the emotions to suit the situation, if people don't know you are suffering they tend not to pry.

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