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Tag: Emotional Intelligence

A person in black clothes standing in a desert. They have a paper bag over their head with a rudimentary "frowny face" drawn on it.
Autistic Adulthood, Coping

Emotional Regulation Is Not Emotional Suppression

March 11, 2021

I’ve talked a few times before about emotional regulation and how it can be a struggle for autistic people.  It’s an important skill to learn and a big part of emotional maturity.  But often, NTs around us will make us feel like any display of […]

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Autistic Adulthood, Sensory Struggles

Interoception: Self-Awareness Struggles

November 5, 2020

The first five senses you learn about as a child are sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing.  These senses tell you about the world around you.  A few weeks ago, I covered the proprioceptive and vestibular senses, which tell you about what your body is […]

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Autistic Adulthood, Living in the NT World

Executive Function Rules Emotional Regulation

September 3, 2020

When I was diagnosed with autism four years ago, my psychologist told me that my tentative bipolar diagnosis from when I was 19 was probably wrong – she said that I probably had “mood lability associated with autism”.  I had no idea what this meant, […]

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Alexithymia: No Words for My Emotions
Autistic Adulthood, Coping

Alexithymia: No Words for My Emotions

May 14, 2020

I have trouble processing negative emotions.  As in, I can’t name them, identify them, or sometimes even tell a negative emotion from physical discomfort.  This is part of alexithymia, a trait commonly found in autistic people, which makes it hard for us to name and […]

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