Post by mirrororchid on Sept 4, 2023 13:14:00 GMT -5
Is the failure to care about your needs a matter of refusing to care?
Or a lack of ability to do so?
Or a lack of understanding how to care?
Dr. Pyschmom has run into this:
www.drpsychmom.com/2015/08/28/aspergers-when-narcissism-just-doesnt-explain-your-partners-inability-to-empathize
The sample conversations deliver the gist well.
and here's a San Diego therapist married an Asperger's husband. She explains how it feels and what she did.
couplescounselorsandiego.com/blog/
Check the series: "My Neurodiverse Marriage"
You may need to go to the next page or two to find the first essay.
We might have a refused wife or two in this dynamic. Not only is the lack of empathy an obstacle but the devaluation of their husband can kill the mood.
Sexless husbands may want to have a look to see if they have some traits like this an are accidentally killing the mood.
Not sure what effects Asperger's may have on a wife. Do they refuse also? Or experience refusal and struggle to know why?
Perhaps a research project for later.
Or a lack of ability to do so?
Or a lack of understanding how to care?
Dr. Pyschmom has run into this:
www.drpsychmom.com/2015/08/28/aspergers-when-narcissism-just-doesnt-explain-your-partners-inability-to-empathize
The sample conversations deliver the gist well.
and here's a San Diego therapist married an Asperger's husband. She explains how it feels and what she did.
couplescounselorsandiego.com/blog/
Check the series: "My Neurodiverse Marriage"
You may need to go to the next page or two to find the first essay.
We might have a refused wife or two in this dynamic. Not only is the lack of empathy an obstacle but the devaluation of their husband can kill the mood.
Sexless husbands may want to have a look to see if they have some traits like this an are accidentally killing the mood.
Not sure what effects Asperger's may have on a wife. Do they refuse also? Or experience refusal and struggle to know why?
Perhaps a research project for later.
