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Feeling sad after a good day

ParentingAutism

Confused mother here. This has been an ongoing issue for ages but now school is really good for her and making her happy (they have done a lot to put things in place which are now helping massively). Today hours after she came home from school, she was crying and said its because she feels sad. I asked why and she replied, because I had a good day at school.

She has said in the past that she hates being happy. She says she's always relaxed, chilled and calm rather than happy. Does anyone get this. No one else in the family gets this so hoping someone can give us tips on how to help. Last time she felt like this wasn't too long ago but she was then really low for a couple of weeks. But today she has cheered up and is excited for tomorrow.

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  • could it be that she is confused with labelling emotions she might think somehow that "happy" means stressful. The sound of the word might be annoying to her.  And she might be somehow thinking that a "good" day is a stressful or not a nice day, but perhaps other children said to her that it was a "good day" and she has taken what they have said and labelled it as a good day as that is what the other children said it was.but for her it was an upsetting day (hence not a good day at all)

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  • could it be that she is confused with labelling emotions she might think somehow that "happy" means stressful. The sound of the word might be annoying to her.  And she might be somehow thinking that a "good" day is a stressful or not a nice day, but perhaps other children said to her that it was a "good day" and she has taken what they have said and labelled it as a good day as that is what the other children said it was.but for her it was an upsetting day (hence not a good day at all)

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