Emotional autism & relationships

Inspired in part by another thread, in part by other signs' observations, and in part by internal conversations I've been having with myself:

Perhaps because so much of their behavior runs counter to mainstream conceptions of how to express affection and love, people with autism are rarely considered in romantic contexts. A constant complaint among the individuals interviewed for this piece is the misconception that people with autism can't express love or care for others. —I think a lot of times someone will go out on a date with someone on the spectrum and think they??re a robot,?? said Alex Plank, founder of WrongPlanet.net, a popular online autism community. —It's hard to read us if we don't explicitly say what we're feeling, but all the feelings are there.

It's not that individuals on the spectrum do not have the same desire for love; they just may not know how to find it. Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA said, —If you asked a person with autism if they wanted a romantic relationship, they would probably say yes, but they would probably also say they don't know how to.

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/dating-on-the-autism-spectrum/278340/<BR>
Virgos and/or Virgo dominants - would you say that, in relationships, your partner's interpretation of the experience affects the quality of your own [experience]?

Do you tend to try and analyze, compartmentalize, and/or classify your emotions, or do you simply allow yourself to feel them?

Note: It is not my intent to trivialize a-typical neuro autism spectrum disorders.

If it comes across that way, please let me know.

Yes, you're trivializing. Now feel guilty and delete thread LOL

I think Virgos go to the extreme in this...from the Virgos who cannot and will not even try to understand another person's feelings to those who will go the extra mile to make sure there is clarity, to make sure they understand how their partners feel and who actually act on that, for the sake of their partner.

I allow myself to feel every emotion, the good and the bad. It's the only way I feel genuine.

I don't get how this topic isn't on all air signs boards.

Lulz Damnata. It's here cause I'm a Virgo and have a void of air in my chart. 🙂

You too huh?

My dad fits that assessment like a glove.

He's gemini moon, venus/mars libra, pluto libra, mercury libra.

You'd think he's be nice and pleasing but he's annoying and rude as fuck

Posted by Damnata
I don't get how this topic isn't on all air signs boards.

HEY! we aren't robots 😛

Posted by Damnata
You too huh?

My dad fits that assessment like a glove.

He's gemini moon, venus/mars libra, pluto libra, mercury libra.

You'd think he's be nice and pleasing but he's annoying and rude as fuck

Oh, no - Sorry for the miscommunication! I only have one planet in air natally.. Aqua Jupiter... In retro at that!

Yes, peacock, I got that.

I only have Jupiter in Gemini too 😛

When it is a singleton, Jupiter can manifest as a God/Deity Complex.

I don't have a complex, I am God

Posted by Andalusia

Virgos and/or Virgo dominants - would you say that, in relationships, your partner's interpretation of the experience affects the quality of your own [experience]?

Of course. It's kind of hard to be happy when the person you're supposed to be sharing your life with isn't feeling the same way. And likewise, I can't think of why I wouldn't be happy if they were.

Posted by Andalusia

Do you tend to try and analyze, compartmentalize, and/or classify your emotions, or do you simply allow yourself to feel them?

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I rationalize more than feel I suppose. It's how I give meaning to what's happening instead of leaving it a convoluted mess of nonsense that can't be related to others.

YES

Posted by Damnata
When it is a singleton, Jupiter can manifest as a God/Deity Complex.

I don't have a complex, I am God

Wut?

















Don't think so homeslice!

@thescepter.... #tldr 😛

thescepter says that people with jupiter singleton have a whole rage of disorders, from the god complet, to messiah complex, to being bipolar.

Posted by Andalusia


Virgos and/or Virgo dominants - would you say that, in relationships, your partner's interpretation of the experience affects the quality of your own [experience]?

Do you tend to try and analyze, compartmentalize, and/or classify your emotions, or do you simply allow yourself to feel them?

ok this may be a basic Astrology question, but what makes one Virgo dominant?

I have Pluto in Virgo, 10th house, MC and Lilith Virgo. Is that why I can relate so much to Virgos in my life and the stuff I read on here or when reading about Virgos it hits home?

Hmm okay, thank you 🙂 I just have never truly felt I fit "aqua" description. I see what Virgos are accused of here on the forums or the descriptions and it rings truer to me. But I also know I'm a cusper; so have both cap and aqua in me. So maybe it's the cappy influence that is ringing true to the Virgo stuff.

@ the op I know I am not a Virgo, but thinking with my Virgo placements, I can answer.. if not ignore 🙂

I analyze & compartmentalize, because I hate feelings or more so having them. I am happy as a clam if emotions are not involved- yet I long to have them in my life. A walking contradiction!

omg the pullen reading

I'm an aries then a sag then a cancer.

WTF am I doing on this board?

Posted by thescepter
oh u also go to astro.com get the pullen reading...

the what?

Posted by thescepter
^google is ur fren 😛

I found it on the site, but it looks like my birth chart. so I am obv. doing something wrong! helppppsssss please?

lol ands
same as you
scorpio, aries, taurus

scorpio, taurus, aries*

ands, how fixed exactly are you? i'm all cardinal and mutable

I found this.. an di see it was what you where getting at.

Sign: Power Rank Percent - Element Power Percent
Aries: 131.7 ( 2) / 17.2% - Fire: 379.0 / 49.5%
Taurus: 46.6 ( 6) / 6.1% - Earth: 133.2 / 17.4%
Gemini: 17.7 (12) / 2.3% - Air: 137.0 / 17.9%
Cancer: 21.0 (11) / 2.7% - Water: 116.9 / 15.3%
Leo: 23.9 (10) / 3.1%
Virgo: 46.1 ( 7) / 6.0% - Mode Power Percent
Libra: 49.0 ( 5) / 6.4% - Cardinal: 242.3 / 31.6%
Scorpio: 43.5 ( 8) / 5.7% - Fixed: 184.3 / 24.1%
Sagittarius: 223.3 ( 1) / 29.2% - Mutuable: 339.5 / 44.3%
Capricorn: 40.5 ( 9) / 5.3%
Aquarius: 70.2 ( 3) / 9.2%
Pisces: 52.4 ( 4) / 6.8%
Total: 766.1 / 100.0%

so basically Sag, Aries, aqua?

sag, aries, aqua

oh ands, that was your delineation lol

ty, for your help much appreciated 🙂

About yer business, Don't ask , don't tell. 😛

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Posted by justagirl
ty, for your help much appreciated 🙂

About yer business, Don't ask , don't tell. 😛

no no, virgos can't sleep like that. please tell all 😛

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you tell first 😛

ohhh affairs.. with the harem? 😉

Posted by thescepter

Posted by justagirl
ohhh affairs.. with the harem? 😉

my norton is broken! 😭 and i got a virus from chat. 😭 #livingwithoutharems

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You DO realize the irony behind getting infected from harem chatzzzzz?!?!?!?! Lololol 😛

I already addressed this in a thread.

Posted by P-Angel

I already addressed this in a thread.

I know, but couldn't find it.. I will look again and bump that one, if I can. I remember reading it and it really resonating with me.

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why people would be upset about this .... autistic people are tuned into the universe, and function at a higher frequency.

Why is that bad? Why should that be offensive?


I'd love to be that evolved, tbh

Posted by Damnata
Yes, you're trivializing. Now feel guilty and delete thread LOL

I think Virgos go to the extreme in this...from the Virgos who cannot and will not even try to understand another person's feelings to those who will go the extra mile to make sure there is clarity, to make sure they understand how their partners feel and who actually act on that, for the sake of their partner.

I allow myself to feel every emotion, the good and the bad. It's the only way I feel genuine.

Is that cause you have an enormus amount fire in you chart? including moon,AC,and mars? Im opposite I never did want to feel bad emotions.