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122.

133

I have no idea what Alexithymia is, I'll look it up. I got a score of 146. I'm actually really scared.

Edit: I just looked it up. Now I'm panicky.

Edit 2: I'm taking the test again, perhaps I didn't add it up correctly. There is just no way I'm accepting such a high friggin' score.

Edit 3: 130 is my final score. Well if there is one thing I feel, It's sadness.

Could anyone else not do the test? I mean physically not because there was a technical fault. I did not know how to answer 5 of the first 10 questions so I left it as the result would have been erroneous.

For example:

Q: When asked which emotion I'm feeling, I frequently don't know the answer.
A: People do not ask me this

Q: I'm unsure of which words to use when describing my feelings.
A: As above

Q: I prefer to find out the emotional intricacies of my problems rather than just describe them in terms of practical facts.
A: I have no idea, even after thinking about it

Q: People tell me to describe my feelings more, as if I haven't elaborated enough.
A: People rarely ask me, when they do I always say I'm OK

Q: You cannot functionally live your life without being aware of your deepest emotions.
A: I don't know if I am living my life with full functionality or not.

104
95 to 112 = possible alexithymia

If I understood it correctly, it's a "personality" test. Personalities do change - a lot. Secondly, I answered the question 'in the present' not in the past - which most of my AS was active. If I answered it based on my past, probably I'll have a higher result. In some questions, I was actually torn between my past and my present, because I used to be that way but no longer now.

Try to answer this question instead: If you were asked what emotion you are feeling right now, would you know the answer?


Same as above.


I'd say your answer to that Q should be "Very Accurate" then, since you only answer with "OK".


Try answering this instead: Do you feel your deepest emoitions?

Well I took it again and tried the best I could. Some of the questions were just guesses (relationship ones) and I had to do the maths myself, but I ended up with 140.

I got 140. A lot of questions got me thinking and I remember the confusing feeling I had in my body when I was together with my ex boyfriend, he claimed that I loved him but I wasn't so sure. I thoroughly googled "love" so I would have a better understanding of the word. I'm still unsure if I loved him or not.

Dont know if this helps link wise...appeared to be the same test.


http://www.sparx104.co.uk/?p=alextest
My apologies if already been mentioned


I had this result:
137
Probable Alexithymia

Thanks completerject. That does indeed look like the same test.

My score was 143 which comes as no real surprise. It was really apparent when I went to see a counsellor. She would ask me about myself and my mind just kept going blank. I hate it when that happens.

Don't be upset over these test results. These on-line tests aren't all that accurate and should be regarded as light entertainment. About the best they can do is help you understand yourself a bit better. To be honest, these days when I take on-line tests I cheer if the scores come out particularly extreme.


Yeah, done that. Tried reading a few romance books as well but still don't really get it.

I got 140.

My imagination is better than usual but I have difficulty with it sometimes, however I'm good at making up stories or thinking of way more possibilities than others, which makes for long over the top story style conversations with myself and an aspie friend.

My feelings I sort of understand, but I have to explain them in long analogies, I don't think any language is complex enough to explain ones feelings adequately.
I'm also asexual, so any sexual related questions may have been skewed from this. Being asexual, I have difficulty understanding sexual attraction and thus can't be expected to understand the emotional side of what seems like a sort of icky, physical activity. =/ Hard to say if they're really related.

Normally if someone asks how I am I say 'I'm ok' which my counsellor pointed out I tend to do whether I'm very good or very bad.
But this is the correct polite response, and it takes a lot of analyses and analogies to figure out how I'm feeling, and usually takes months before I realise WHY I'm feeling that way.

I got 101.

Although feelings may be confusing, especially when they come from another person, I've been actively developing my empathy to fix that. Besides, I don't have big problems when trying to find out about my own emotions.

I understand love but don't understand romantic feelings.
I thought I did until I noticed every time I talk about romance I mention how it makes me feel warm and fuzzy like when a cat is being cute or I hug it.
And realised, if I felt it with a cat, it wasn't romantic (or at least I'm pretty sure it isn't as I get it with my family when they're cute too).
So now I figure I'm not romantic and don't really know what romance is supposed to feel like, but I'm pretty sure I haven't had that... >.>

Not that sure about that =P. Last year I learned in psychology class about the misattribution of arousal experiment. The details of the experiment are in the page itself, but among it's implications that we discussed in the lecture was that at times most of the people don't know what they're feeling either, so they look for a plausible explanation and then go for it. And about the cat, if fear and arousal are physiologically undistingishable, then it could be viable that under the right context, feeling all warm and fuzzy with a woman it could be romantic. I'm theorizing a bit here, so if you disagree it's cool

I got a 133

Well the feeling is exactly the same as when I hug a cat or have a good time with my family. And I can't say that it's romantic with one person just because they're not my pet or relative. So I assume it's just happiness and finding people cute.
I've noticed that I pretty much over use the word cute as I see things in terms of cute, and that aesthetic attraction isn't very important for me.
If everyone seems like a cute pet to me, or I have admiration for them, I don't think either really fit the idea of romantic feelings.

Although I don't mind.

At the same time, you may be right. I just don't think it matters to me. I know I always found some of the things people get with romance don't apply to me, so it feels a bit better just knowing I'm not the only one, regardless. ^_^