Asperger and Empathy

Based on hindsights from Seabreeze, wondering if many of you guys feel like they're feeling people's emotions too intensely - as opposed to the commonly held view on Asperger ?

And I'm curious how many of you who identifies with the criterion above also identifies with being a MBTI feeling type ?

i'm not so sure about other peoples' emotions, however, i can certainly feel my own too intensely and they'll shutdown, as a form of self-protection, leaving me feeling numb. i'm an INTJ.

I've heard that this is something INTJs do, retreat to make sense of their feelings. That sucks though if you're feeling numb as a result. It happens to me when I lack the tools to solve an emotional conundrum, i.e. when it's easier to repress the emotion than to make light of it.

SBB is an INTJ. she might just be along to express an opinion on this subject.

shock_the_monkey wrote:SBB is an INTJ

I did not see that coming ... And this is how my grand theory is stillborn.

Do you guys feel emotionally numb outside the scope of depressive states ? (Please forgive my ignorance)

my feeling were shutdown for decades. it took a major trauma to jolt them out of that. we could debate how depressed i was throughout that. i guess there might be some correlation.

Thanks for the explanation STM, what you're saying makes a lot of sense.

shock_the_monkey wrote:i'm not so sure about other peoples' emotions, however, i can certainly feel my own too intensely and they'll shutdown, as a form of self-protection, leaving me feeling numb. i'm an INTJ.

this is exactly how i am, but also with others emotions, like in books or on tv