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Originally Posted by StbGuy
Yeah, that's it, like I simply understand how it works, but don't really care for it. I understand what empathy is, but mine feels like it's toned-down or something, or only half-activated or something. It's only there sometimes and doesn't function fully when it is. And then being autistic I can't express it when it is there, so I might as well be a total monster anyways because people already think I am one because I can never express it when I do feel something.
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When is it present and when is it not present?
I just can't feel empathy, like it's just not the way I'm wired. I have a level of "cognitive empathy" in that I can understand why somebody would be feeling X because of X but I don't "feel" that connection at all.
Being a "monster" isn't all that bad, lol. I don't mind comments like that made towards me as I know the person or people involved are simply ignorant of me and people are naturally going to label someone/thing as "negative" in some way just because they cannot or will not understand it.