![]() I always say what I mean and try not to be obtuse when it comes to communicating important matters. Thankfully I found words could say what my face can not, and I find that all the friends I have now carefully analyze what I say as a test of my emotions when my facial output is not so good. I was diagnosed late in life so I didn’t have the benefit of therapy and social skills training. I could see other children doing it and it seemed so easy when I watched them, but in practice it was like trying to communicate in a foreign language. At a young age I was awkward, children feed off of facial expressions as social queues and I always seemed to fail in the execution of said queues. ![]() I remember as a child practicing facial expressions and conversations in the mirror at home before or after school. Sometimes I would try to smile, but it always ended in failure. ![]() From kindergarden to high school my school pictures all share the same blank facial expression. My childhood school photos are a sparkling example of this. I feel like I experience the full gamut of emotions that every person does, I just have to falsely insert facial expressions when the time comes, and I don’t always get it right. Does this make me or any other person with flat affect unemotional? The answer from me is no. In layman’s terms I don’t give off appropriate facial expressions when a smile or a sad face is to be expected. It is defined as: the absence or near absence of emotional response to a situation that normally elicits emotion. Today I’d like to comment on the subject of flat affect. ![]() I’ve got a little off track as of late so lets get back to the Aspergers. Robotkeijij on Dare I write it? That nov…Īctually Autistic Bl… on That moment of clarity…Īctually Autistic Bl… on Dare I write it? That nov… ![]()
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