Can people with Asperger's be very emotional?

Hi everyone, I've started seeing a psychologist, and she will assess me soon. I suspect that I might have aspergers. I find it extremely hard to make friends, I never know what to say, I just don't know how conversation works, although I observe people and try and learn, but somehow cannot. I think there is something peculiar about me, and people often cool off. I can't click with people.

I tend to get obsessive about certain things. I can research things on the internet for hours, but find it extremely hard to concentrate on something that I'm not particularly interested in.

However, I am a very emotional person. I get my feelings hurt very easily. I don't need a big crowd of friends, but to value the few I have. If I feel abandoned by someone I consider a friend, I get into a deep depression. In relationships I am very loving and giving. My sex drive is high too. I long to be held and loved for who I am.

Does this rule me out of having aspergers?

Jennifer615 wrote:Does this rule me out of having aspergers?

... the simple answer to this is 'no'. aspies have difficulty picking up on other peoples' emotions and responding to them appropriately. they neither perceive nor process emotions particularly well. because of this it used to be believed that they themselves lacked emotion. however, it has become more recognised that the opposite is actually true. they tend to be hyper-sensitive, as opposed to hypo-sensitive, to emotion, and it is their inability to instinctively process emotion that results in them being unable to cope with emotional situations and either become disengaged or have outbursts. so, in summary, what you describe is in no way inconsistent with AS.

absolutely agree..

I could easily have written the same post that you have..
We simply lack the mental social interactions manual that most NTs seem to have.
I'm also hurt really easily and very much value the friends that i do make.

Do you have any specific obsessive/special interest at the moment.?
xx

OP not too sure from what you described overall. However yes you can be very emotional. I am. But I tend not to be emotional over the things most people are, and overly emotional over what makes me emotional. If that makes sense. I am extremely sensitive (I'm always accused of being overly sensitive).

You are seeing someone soon. Try not to think of one thing before you've had a chance to discuss and find out more about who you are, with a professional. Sometimes if there is something, it's not always the first thing that comes to mind.

Good luck.

I don’t think you are suffering from aspergers. Undoubtedly it’s true that people with aspergers could be quite emotional.I have seen lots of famous people with aspergers that are very emotional too.

Of course we can be super emotional. I have ASD and so does a friend of mine and we both have bipolar - so definitely emotional!

Yahir24 wrote:I don’t think you are suffering from aspergers.

... if there's a basis for this remark, i can't quite see what it might be. there's not enough here to be at all sure one way or the other, as far as i can see.

when i first found out about AS, i really didn't believe it applied to me. it took me quite a while to re-assess my life and make the connection that it indeed did. so, if i were the OP, i wouldn't be in any hurry to jump to any conclusions.