HairlessAlbinoCat wrote:
...So I guess it would help, although I don't know if the dramatisation should be done with or without disclosure of the intentions to do it. In my case I would find it relieving inasmuch I'd be tranquil to know I'd be able to pick up in to the persons emotions (from the dramatisation). That is a reason why I love the theatre, it's easily comprehensible and there are rules and structure, making me feel like I can understand the characters emotions, in that way I am kind of like Abed from "Community".
What you say makes a lot of sense, so the empathy is there also on a personal level if the 'signals' are received. I never doubted my friend's ability to feel empathy, but the direction it takes surprises me at times. News stories and charity requests dramatise the issue and usually present a coherent, logical, factual account. That's not what happens when a friend expects emotional support - it's vague, messy, in real time and you have to read between the lines. It would be hard for me to dramatise my own needs though. I'm not at all demanding. I'd feel like a right drama queen.
I love novels with good characterisation for similar reasons; how they dramatise certain aspects of the person's character so you feel you understand the person/character whereas in real life people are more multifaceted and harder to know.
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I think I'm a not so typical NT
Your score: 106/200 (Aspie), 110/200 (NT)
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits
AQ 23/50, EQSQ-R EQ 34 SQ 93 (Extreme Systemizer)
14 Apr 2012, 9:15 pm
