tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post1398493276742396913..comments2024-03-19T08:40:36.481+11:00Comments on Life with Aspergers: More on Empathy (Empathy versus Emotion)Gavin Bollardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833941398375568706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-65384936850045790232009-05-03T08:13:00.000+10:002009-05-03T08:13:00.000+10:00This is a topic that I have great difficulty with....This is a topic that I have great difficulty with. I have no emathy or emotion. My thought over-rides my emotion/empathy.<br />Your annecdotes to me are just words/facts/data.<br />If i envision that situation and me being there, I am simply going to look at it as a series of facts and data. So, they had a car accident. people do. I have no attachment or self projection. It's just more data.<br />To the NT's this may seem cold or callous but it's the way I see it.<br /><br />A deeper perspective, I observe the world and don't live in it. (like an NT watching an ant nest). I'm trying to learn how to live in it but I am yet to learn all the social rules and nuance's so I can then attribute my rules and rituals to them.<br />Something along the lines of If someone is sad, I should comfort them. How? I don't know yet.Damonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-49994840717622249902008-09-04T05:12:00.000+10:002008-09-04T05:12:00.000+10:00Well written!Well written!Khelbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611331766472604372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-78378638740545807132008-08-28T22:04:00.000+10:002008-08-28T22:04:00.000+10:00I'm grateful for this post. When I tried to get a...I'm grateful for this post. When I tried to get an adult diagnosis for my AS, I was told I have Narcissistic Personality Disorder based on my lack of empathy. How far from the truth that is....LizzieK8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17418678210403829598noreply@blogger.com