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Tearful?

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I am not depressed..I enjoy my life. But I find myself in tears most days. I can't isolate the cause / trigger although it is most definitely worse since lockdown etc.

I've searched and searched to find whether this is typical for ASD. Can't find any research. Interested if anyone else finds themselves emotional in this way or another way? And what you do about it. 

It's taken me a year to pluck up courage to ask this so thank you for reading.

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  • I do find that, even when not depressed, I tend to be more emotional than others.  I think it's because we can experience the world more intensely and, due to heightened sensitivity, we can be easily cut to the quick.  Certainly I have always seemed to cry much more than others and I look with bewilderment at people who seem not to react.  I often see them as hard faced but apparently the "fault" is often seen as located within me, again due to my "being so sensitive".

    This situation has caused me to double back and reassert the benefits of sensitivity, which are often overlooked and, I think, undervalued in our society.   

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  • I do find that, even when not depressed, I tend to be more emotional than others.  I think it's because we can experience the world more intensely and, due to heightened sensitivity, we can be easily cut to the quick.  Certainly I have always seemed to cry much more than others and I look with bewilderment at people who seem not to react.  I often see them as hard faced but apparently the "fault" is often seen as located within me, again due to my "being so sensitive".

    This situation has caused me to double back and reassert the benefits of sensitivity, which are often overlooked and, I think, undervalued in our society.   

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