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My 14 year Old had no empathy
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<blockquote data-quote="Violet_Haze03" data-source="post: 730969" data-attributes="member: 22894"><p>As an autistic girl with an empathy score of 7 (out of 85) i think i might be able to relate to how your daughter feels. When you wake up in the morning, do you think about what people you have never met will have for breakfast? No, you don't. My lack of empathy is a direct result of my high fuctioning autism, and i remember having an episode where i did harm one of my friends and it only bothered me because my mother was angry. She talked about my empathy issues very much like you do in this post, and until i was able to understand why empathy wasn't on my radar, i was convinced i was a garbage human being because of how she talked about my lack of empathy. Don't force your daughter into empathy, if she doesn't have it, she never will. I only like being around one of my parents at a time, and if i had siblings i doubt i'd want to spend time with my whole family. You have to understand that having empathy for her is just as unnatural as no empathy for you. I'd often struggle to feel what others were feeling, and usually put on a fake mask of confidence and however i was supposed to act so i would be accepted. Outside of my home i was funny, sweet, confident, and bright. I only realized that i wasn't broken when i discovered the unempathic side of my autism. But at home, my mom would point everything i missed. I can't say for sure, but your daughter sounds far more like an aspie than a psychopath or anything else. Autistic Girls are usually the ones who are good at masking what's actually going on, and i can attest to that. Read up and take notice of other little things, that's the best place to start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Violet_Haze03, post: 730969, member: 22894"] As an autistic girl with an empathy score of 7 (out of 85) i think i might be able to relate to how your daughter feels. When you wake up in the morning, do you think about what people you have never met will have for breakfast? No, you don't. My lack of empathy is a direct result of my high fuctioning autism, and i remember having an episode where i did harm one of my friends and it only bothered me because my mother was angry. She talked about my empathy issues very much like you do in this post, and until i was able to understand why empathy wasn't on my radar, i was convinced i was a garbage human being because of how she talked about my lack of empathy. Don't force your daughter into empathy, if she doesn't have it, she never will. I only like being around one of my parents at a time, and if i had siblings i doubt i'd want to spend time with my whole family. You have to understand that having empathy for her is just as unnatural as no empathy for you. I'd often struggle to feel what others were feeling, and usually put on a fake mask of confidence and however i was supposed to act so i would be accepted. Outside of my home i was funny, sweet, confident, and bright. I only realized that i wasn't broken when i discovered the unempathic side of my autism. But at home, my mom would point everything i missed. I can't say for sure, but your daughter sounds far more like an aspie than a psychopath or anything else. Autistic Girls are usually the ones who are good at masking what's actually going on, and i can attest to that. Read up and take notice of other little things, that's the best place to start. [/QUOTE]
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