Being in love.

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Are there differences between how an aspie person feels when they are in love and how a neuro typical personl would feel?
I know that love is a very hard thing to describe but would be interested to hear different peoples opinion/perspective on this.

I'm wondering if there isn't really a difference at all in the feeling just how people view it?

I might be the only person on these forums that can actually answer this, seeing as I've gone from definitely autistic to not so much at all any more.

While my autism symptoms were at their highest, love was certainly a much more intense emotion - heck, everything was.

Now that I'm a whole lot more NT, I still love the same people.. but there isn't the same magnitude of emotion as there was before. It's not exactly dull or fading, it's just not so extremely intense as it used to be.

Hope that makes sense!

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In my personal situation there was. My "in love" was an intellectual "in love". I was in love with the person's mind and personality. He was more "in love" with my physically and emotionally. In the end we realized we were not very compatible.

I don't know if I've ever been "in love", per se, but I have had very strong emotional attachments to people.

Usually when I like someone, it can start as admiration. I admire their mind, or personality, or their kindness. Then when I get to know them I have feelings for them on an emotional level.

I don't usually have any physical feelings towards a person unless I've known them for awhile, I really like them and am comfortable around them, and they have shown some interest in being physical. Then I might develop an attraction for them, although it's still not as strong as my other feelings. Attraction is definitely the least important part of "love" for me.

Although, sometimes I'll find I'm attracted to someone I don't know, though that usually fizzles away unless they have a personality to match their looks.