Emotions

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I have plenty of emotions sometimes, but very little empathy. Though some of the time I do feel neutral and emotionless, empty. I'm terrible at expressing the emotions I do have. My feelings seem too complex and layered to describe them with normal words like 'happy' or 'sad', far too blurred for that.

I do not understand my emotions. Hence, why I don't dwell in them and why I can't tell you how I feel because I don't know how to even discriibe it.

So when ever I get emotional I don't really understand myself because I can't understand why I feel this way and what the emotion I'm feeling is even called.

So I like to exist in my logical world because it is far more easy to deal with and understand then the world of emotions.

But that dosn't mean I don't feel.

I second what Rjaye and the two previous posters said.

I can be quite emotional, and it confuses the hell out of me because they are so complex and very overwhelming; sometimes I would rather not feel at all. Then there are other times when I really don't feel anything at all, and I could care less...

But they expressed how I feel much better than I just did!

Once beyond the bounds of logic (or at least conceptual thought) I am in that vast tract of unknown scape that ought be marked with the legend "There be dragons here."

I am emotionally lost, and with that uncomfortable.

Further, I find something that is, to my sense andability to describe, dirty, unclean with them.

Still further, I feel much the same about biological issues.

I'm so emotional that right now I can't even compose a coherent response, but am glad to see this thread and hope to find it again when I'm feeling better. (It's one of those days)

I am logical, but I'm emotional to the extremes. Heck, I scare myself when I'm mad!

I'm very cold and logical. That being said, when I do have emotions, they often blindside me and I tear up at the slightest sadness... or joy, as the case may be; I also sometimes have inappropriate reactions to emotional stimuli.

Wow, I wish I was that good. I often say I am not very emotional, but eventually I can blow up. I don't cry, generally don't yell, etc... I CAN'T talk about it, or seek comfort. People ask stupid questions, and seem to TRY to exascerbate the problem. There WAS a time when I cared VERY little about peoples opinions of me. These days I am more aware of most peoples opinions of me than they will ever know.

Steve

I find that even in the midst of emotional meltdowns or crises I still seem to word what I am feeling logically...you won't see capitalised letters or dramatics generally...tho I am guilty on occasion. It is as if something stops me from expressing the full extent of my distress for fear of being judged.

I tend to swing between cool logic and irrational rage/hurt. Sometimes I feel as if I am on some sort of freaky roundabout that flings me off then pulls me back on when it suits. Is it an aspie thing to have difficulties controlling anger...also is it an aspie thing to react very badly to feeling out of control of situations?

I have noticed my OCD flares up really badly when other things out of my control are happening.

Believe it or not, I used to NEVER capitalize things! MAN were my teachers upset!

And I usually capitalize only for emphasis.

Steve

I'm very logical,
Emotions are a mystery. Not because I can't feel anything but because i can't categorise them: lots of people are talking about emotions and are telling quite contrasting things about them,
even the same person will tell different things about the same emotion ('love' for exemple).

So I ignore the 'word' emotion altogether and put every sensation in different categories, which works out much better.

An example : when I shout (very occasionaly) one could say 'She is mad, angry', but what does 'mad' mean, does it lead to something? no. Will it give me something? perhaps.
This makes me conclude that there might be a purpose, maybe I shout because I want someone to actually listen to me and since I've been in situations before where it worked, I use it as a tool. If this person would react but ask me to stop shouting I'd do so, so there is no actual feeling of being 'mad', I'm only purchasing a goal. I've observed other people(nt?) and they don't seem to function this way, they have some kind of 'desire' to keep on shouting even if they have already obtained what they wanted, so I think that they have different 'feelings'

A second kind of feel is 'energy', some flow of 'I don't know what' running into my body, as if I can actually feel the atoms in my body move, or feel the adrenaline circulate or something.
If it gets too tough, I feel like out of control, and will physically react to that.

Another thing is frustration, I seem to work a lot like "Yes, I like it", "No, I don't like it."
being perfectly alright with the first and waiting for things to change in the second case.