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90.
The link which offered the automated scoring worked for me at
this link

88

I've always felt like I have very strong emotions, sometimes overwhelmingly strong at times. It was especially so when I was a child with the intense excitement I would feel for upcoming holidays or how I would get so distressed anytime I was chastised that I would begin to pull my hair out. It seems like other people's emotions affect me too, such that I feel a need to retreat and be by myself in order to escape them. I've made a conscious effort to try to "tune out" people's emotions though being around large groups of people is still rather intense.

I've always had an interest in my own emotions and a lot of the art that I make is driven by them, oftentimes serving in a therapeutic role. So while I am less apt to express my emotions verbally than in writing or art, I do find the actual act of expression to be easy enough to do. Is there a term for personality traits that are the opposite of alexithymia? Or would that just be something like "overly sensitive"?

92 here. this is a low score, which is confusing me because often people r impressed about how I manage to verbalize their emotions for them after they are trying to tell me how they r feeling, and this makes them realize their feelings in more depth. People say "oh this pisses me off, blah blah blah, I dont understand it" and I say "oh u mean u r feeling confused because on one hand you are feeling this, while on the other u r feeling that, which seems confusing, but in actual fact this complements this as blah blah blah". and they say "wow, thats exactly what it is, thank you for this". so, 92??? I dont know lol

155. Out of touch with my feelings and everyone else's in day to day stuff.

about 70, I'm pretty emotionally articulate.

Must we constantly dig up ancient threads.

139

Result: 139
Alexithymia: You show high alexithymic traits

114.

84

To be honest I don't know how to answer the sex questions. I've never bothered to pursue romantic relationships because I'm asexual and I tend to assume any potential romantic partner will want sex. This has nothing to do with alexithymia. In other areas I wish I was less aware of my emotions. Sadly I'd probably be happier if I was less empathetic/aware and more oblivious.

Undecided should count for 5 points...

So is Aspergers like Alexthymia + Imagination? Maybe this is where the myth that people with AS lack imagination came from.

I couldn't answer most of the questions, people don't use to ask me how I feel and I can't say anything about sex or relationships because I'm still virgin.

I scored 171. First time I've taken this test. I expected to be above the threshold, so I suppose I'm not surprised. Diagnosed with AS/HFA as a child.

110, some traits.

144- I think my score may be a bit elevated as i didn't fully connect to/understand every question.

Th button doesn't work for me either.

I scored: 152

Did anyone else have to choose "undecided" for a lot of the questions?