"It is often said that autistics can sense other people's energy, and the slightest shifts and changes in them can throw us off balance and leave us feeling confused and frustrated."

#Autism #Autistic #LateDiagnosed #Neurodivergent

From 'Lost & Now Found: a guide to understanding and accepting yourself for late-discovered autistic adults' by Kate Laine-Toner and Suzi Payton

@KatyElphinstone very very this... SOmeone in my house can be angry about a thing, I go up where they are, wlk through that energy, and oh my goodness, now I'm not necessarily as angry as they are about, exactly this thing, but I feel anger, and I can't do anything with it. Sorry for the run on sentence, it was an autistic thought stream :)
@cordova5029 @KatyElphinstone Is there an actual correlation between autism and this kind of empathy? I do wonder if there is which direction it goes. Is it more likely for a sensitive to be neurodivergent, or is it more likely for a neurodivergent person to be a sensitive, or is there some sort of direct link that requires one to be one to be the other? Hmmm. Or am I thinking too deep into this, does one not actually need to be a sensitive in my terms to feel that kind of thing?
@x0 @KatyElphinstone I think you're reading a bit into it, but they are interesting questions. :)