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Originally Posted by I.Am.The.End.
...wondering if it's more likely I was never taught or if I could have some sort of neurological or personality difference.
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...don't understand what people need or when they want to be comforted or what I'm supposed to do.
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In my own case, I believe I am somewhere on the autism spectrum where empathy can exist (naturally, I believe) but is not easily visible or readily made manifest. Then either alongside that or even as part of it, my lack of social intelligence comes out in the second part you have mentioned. Overall, I do my best to deal with all of that by just doing for others as I would want someone to do for me at a given moment or time of trouble.