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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote
I am sorry about the sleep issue. I hope you are okay without sleep once in awhile?
Wow! A lesson already!  Nice job! I hope you enjoy this very much!
Santana did not sing, did he? If so, it never impressed me, so if he sang is was not great! You might be the next Santana! ? 
You sometimes mention the fact that your therapist mentions the fact that she feels you have flat affect. Do you feel like this is true? If so, do you perceive this to be a "problem" for you? And if so, is it possible to simply practice showing affect? I truly do not know that answer and I am hesitant to ask because I honestly like you just the way you are. I am wondering, though, if you would like the flat affect issue to be different? Do you feel it interferes in your life in any problematic way?
I love ya!  |
Yeah, the guitar guy got back to me quickly. I called him on Thursday and he actually had an opening for Friday (the next day), but it was at the same time as my therapy appt, so it would've been impossible to do.
I don't think I'll be a Santana. lol. I do have lots of prior music experience, though, as I mentioned a while back, so I know half of what I need to know (how to read music, all the intricacies of music theory, etc.).
And yeah, I do have flat affect and flat vocal tone. All of my psych evaluations have said that, as have all my pdocs and therapists.
My therapist thinks that my flat affect "pushes people away." She claims that I make people think I'm "uninterested in them." I'm not sure if that is true or not, but everyone says there is a major disconnect between what I'm feeling and what my face is showing. My therapist even admitted that she can't read me. She told me to tell her how I'm feeling (e.g., if I'm happy, sad, etc.). I mean, I try to practice showing emotion, but I suck at it because I either over exaggerate it or I don't do a good job at all, so I've just kinda given up and let it be.
The weird thing is that my therapist told me not to worry about whether or not I have Asperger's, yet here she is saying that I likely have it (when I asked her) and that it's causing social problems for me???