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Mountain Goat
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27 Nov 2020, 6:56 am

I don't think I have it.

I asked to make sure because I have been rather surprized to find out lately (As though I noticed something different or odd, I could not fathom it out) that some feelings I get I don't actually feel unless they hit me full on and by that time they can be a little confusing? Is only then when I look back I think "Ah, that's ehat it was!" But it has taken me years to do this, and also I have found that some feelings I can only describe now when in the past I did not know where to begin, so I never described them. I would describe another feeling to doctors instead as it was the closest I could think of to how I felt, as somehow feelings can't always be put into words and feelings don't always make sense? It is I guess, what used to send me into uncontrolled temper tantrums and frustrations when I was very young, which then turned into shutdowns from about the age of six and three quarters onwards.


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27 Nov 2020, 7:37 am

Mountain Goat wrote:
I don't think I have it.

I asked to make sure because I have been rather surprized to find out lately (As though I noticed something different or odd, I could not fathom it out) that some feelings I get I don't actually feel unless they hit me full on and by that time they can be a little confusing? Is only then when I look back I think "Ah, that's ehat it was!" But it has taken me years to do this, and also I have found that some feelings I can only describe now when in the past I did not know where to begin, so I never described them. I would describe another feeling to doctors instead as it was the closest I could think of to how I felt, as somehow feelings can't always be put into words and feelings don't always make sense? It is I guess, what used to send me into uncontrolled temper tantrums and frustrations when I was very young, which then turned into shutdowns from about the age of six and three quarters onwards.


that's called alexithymia and a lot of the people on the spectrum have it. in some people it's so mild that they don't even realize they have it. and some people have been able to feel only 1 or 2 emotions in their life: they have a more severe alexithimia. it can have an impact on communication and relationships, so i think it's best to bring it to a mild level at least: communication is a two way street.



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27 Nov 2020, 9:03 am

I love natural light streaming into my house but it’s kept a bit diffuse with somewhat sheer drapes on all the first floor windows.
Fluorescent lights make me want to get out. White flickering lights are nearly unbearable. Red flickering lights are worse.