I think you have a very good point. I do not feel much empathy, except to my children and pets. I am still attached to people but tend to rationalize a lot of

I think you have a very good point. I do not feel much empathy, except to my children and pets. I am still attached to people but tend to rationalize a lot of things. My wife was diagnosed with MS, zero reaction. I help her to go through that but do not feel any emotion. Her neurologist mentioned that a lot of relationships break out when MS is diagnosed. I can understand this, but cannot comprehend which emotions push people to run away (I know them, just do not understand how one can feel them). My mother was diagnosed with cancer, zero reactions from me. I love her very much, in some weird rational way. I was diagnosed with an auto-immune illness, zero reactions. In that case it was really "zero fucks given" because I did not need to externalize anything. At the same time I like very much to spend time with people and it bringd me joy. So yes, I think it is a matter of spectrum.