Published on 12, July, 2020
I am in the middle of an Open Learn course (thanks Pixiefox for always posting about these. I would not have found this if not for your 3 good things)
It is about animal psychology. (These are quick courses - it's only a 12 hour course)
I was compelled to post one of the slides, because it was about human facial expressions. It reminded me of a test that we can do to test for autism (I have not as yet - it wasn't part of my own diagnosis.)
I didn't do too badly, but also had a laugh at what I put down.
Try to think about what your answers would be without being waylaid by my answers and the real answers. I would like to have split this picture and have some sort of reveal button. But that won't work here.
My answers:
Neurotypical approved answers
I got the two basic ones right (happy/sad) but then didn't do as well as I thought I would. I still think I am right about my two types of anger
I was diagnosed earlier this year, very late in life.
About 27 years ago I enrolled in a six-week community college course entitled "How to be more assertive". I have been bullied my whole life. As part of the course all the participants were given a similar set of facial portraits similar to those posted by Mark as asked to identify the emotion displayed. At this time I was confused by the request. I studied each portrait and all I could see were the faces of people, nothing else. Not a thing.
About three years ago I discovered I have alexithymia.
I don't know how I have survived. I am totally clueless when it comes to people.
I was diagnosed this year, in my 50s. I have 'mild' alexithymia, if there is such a thing. I'm nowhere near as good as allistic (non-autistic) people, but not as extreme as you describe.