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  • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    When someone is crying and venting their trauma on my shoulder and all I can think about is how nice her hair smells or I just have no reaction, even though I truly do have sympathy/empathy. For example, when my ex’s dog died, I didn’t feel anything. Part of it was because I only began dating her, but even then, I’ve cried my eyes out watching videos of people rescuing animals, sad movies and shows, but I just didn’t feel anything this time. I wanted her to feel better, but I didn’t know how. Or when I attend graduations and weddings, I just don’t feel anything.

    Falling asleep when you’re bored even if you’re tired. I find myself falling asleep in church and during lectures because I have to sit still for an hour and half with no stimuli aside from listening and writing occasionally. Even on caffeine and adderall ill pass out. Though I don’t know how universal this is despite some of the docs’ claims.

    I do have some other habits that make me wonder. I've wondered if I'm schizophrenic before but I only meet a few of the criteria.

    I recently found out that schizoid disorder and schizophrenia are two completely different things lol. Maybe see if one or the other are more accurate to your conditions.

    • ReadFanon [any, any]
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      5 months ago

      You might find this deep-dive on the different expressions of empathy to be interesting:

      https://embrace-autism.com/the-different-types-of-empathy/