@KatyElphinstone
I'm fascinated by the discussion/arguement around whether or not we feel empathy.
I'm an Empath for fucks sake.
I've known that about myself for a decade, and only discovered my status as autistic last month.
What I'm truly curious about, reading this, is whether more of us are actually Empaths and the issue isn't that we don't feel empathy but that we're often confused about how to show it. I know that's part of the double empathy...thing, but I think it goes further.
What makes all of this more confounding is that I also believe I'm alexithymic. So I feel everything I just can't put a name to what I'm feeling.
Could that combo be more widespread than we think?
#actuallyautistic #MidLifeAutistic