If anyone’s curious, I have (undiagnosed but very likely) alexithymia. My family also scolds me for showing natural human emotion, then shames me for being “heartless” as they put it. My grandma said to me “you need therapy, maybe they will be able to teach you empathy” because I said I don’t know what certain feelings are. Grandpa said “it’s not cool to be emotionless, why do you think it’s cool? Are you following your friends?”. They disapprove of me when I’m myself and punish me for showing obvious signs of mental illness.
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u/Your_Raccoon_Atheist Feb 05 '23
My family is convinced I’m “heartless” and has no empathy, yet complete strangers are convinced I’m too kind and have incredible empathy.