emotional aspie female?

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I can be very intense in my feelings, so much so that I have to stifle the euphoria at some trial being overcome or anxiety at the unknown. I also love very deeply and feel both neg and pos emotions strong. I have to watch out for the meltdowns in the days leading up to the start of my cycle and remember to let the little things go and focus on the main bigger things. As a teenager I was just a big ol wad of jumbled up emotions, as a child they were all locked inside. I think I may get the hang of it before I hit 40 if I keep trying hard. The thing with me and emotions is not understanding others feelings unless they spell them out explicitly. That part really sucks b/c I don't know how much of my own emotions to show. I know my two aspie children also feel deeply. My son doesn't always know what it is he feels, and others who don't know him may think he is flat but as his Mom I can tell when he is feeling akward or unsure in a crowd or group. My dd is all emotions ranging from giddy over some small thing to meltdown at some unexpected turn. Just like NT, I think personality comes into play, after all we are more than just autistic, we are ppl with variations in the way our different-orderedness plays out. Just my opinon. Years ago when my son was a tot they thought perhaps he was not autistic b/c he looked us in the eye, hugged us ect ect. Years later we realized, oh hell yeah, he is way autistic in many areas, just not textbook in all areas.

I am way too emotional..........I get angry or start crying very easily. I am very sensitive to criticism and I react emotionally. I am diagnosed.

I have just found this forum, and its kinda like coming home.

I totally have issues with the "i love you " thing aswell. I think i only say in a weird voice.lol

and regards to the crying thing, you feel like you are turning in to a stroppy teenager by basically throwing someone off you when they try and hug you. I generally have as i have been told a " dont f******g touch me" look that generally makes people back away.

But if other people are crying i generally try and make them laugh and go into a bizzarre comic sketch, and then cant stop.

WHAT. Are you serious? What kind of professional is this woman?

If anything, we are considered "more" emotional, because we can be very easily emotionally overloaded and can't handle emotions as well. I cry at basically anything and everything, and I will break down over the littlest thing. I get very emotional in any direction, and can also be very passionate about things I care for.

It's like there's two halves to me: my emotions and my logical brain. Even if I "know" that something isn't really a big deal, the emotions I feel will be too overpowering and I can't control my incredibly visceral reactions.

I've been told this is typical of autism/asperger's, and is very common in female aspies especially.

Thank you so much everyone, I thought I might find some answers here, but I didn't expect it to be so straightforward.

I am ADHD diagnosed, but have begun to realise that there is more to it, and that I am probably aspergers or something as well, but I am emotional and react and sometimes over react to other peoples emotions and so on, just like some of you have described.

I find it hard to work out what my emotions are and what they are about and it often takes me days to process things and figure it all out, is that quite usual?

I am hyper sensitive to criticism and have been told I overreact even to jokes taken personally.
I feel a lot inside, but I cannot always describe it. If I am envious, I can recognise that, the same with anger, frustration and excitement. But when it comes to actually expressing anything physically or verbally, that is when the trouble starts. If someone upsets me, I run rather than even attempt to express it. If I want to be closer to someone, it is as if there is literally a physical barrier to my doing anything about it... if someone around me gets tearful or angry, I become anxious and often have no idea how to react. Most of my emotions are expressed through writing and through listening to music. I cannot seem to do it verbally so much. I wish I could.

I am emotional a lot when I am without my meds especially my anti-depressants. I haven't had my anti-depressants in over a month now and the soonest that I will be able to see a Psyh doctor to get all my meds is on July 11th unless my meds were able to be called into my pharmacy.