I suppose I am wondering how you define your lack of empathy. A lot of interesting perspectives here on empathy. Some people seem to not make sense of it, others seem to view empathy as a farce and a phony behavioral trait of people, others seem to see it as weakness. How do you define the core of your functioning. Do you percieve your functioning traits as mental illness? Do you believe it's a missunderstanding?

As many of you suspect, empathy is difficult to define even for those of us who experience it. (which doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist). This board has a very unique, external perspective on empathy and how it plays out behaviorally. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on how "normal" people view you.

Thanks!