@KevinSimler @ArtirKel I don't have low emotional response but I typically test in bottom 1% of neuroticism on Big Five tests. Pretty okay with that!
Low neuroticism, emotional agility, and hyperthymic temperament
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@KevinSimler @ArtirKel Oh! I don't have low emotional response but I think one of the most neuro-atypical things about me is my high emotional agility. Except like 3-5 times in my life (for periods of a few hours each time, usually) I have been able to move between emotional states near-instantly.
@KevinSimler @ArtirKel This proved helpful in a situation where my community had someone who was working with a lot of really scary and devastating personal patterns, and anybody else would be wrecked for the whole day after holding space for them, but I would just go do something else after, nbd.
@KevinSimler @ArtirKel (To some extent this ability was bolstered by a bunch of compartmentalization. I've since deconstructed that a fair bit, but other things I've learned in the meantime have left me with probably greater capacity for this sort of thing on net.)
@KevinSimler @ArtirKel I think this might be related to mild ADHD, in terms of how my attention works—shifting focus and also hyperfocus. Nothing resembling a diagnosis because it's never been totally disruptive to my life.
@KevinSimler @ArtirKel Oh and somehow-relatedly, I don't know what the evidence is for "hyperthymic temperament" as a concept, but the description is very much me and very much awesome: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthym…
@KevinSimler @ArtirKel (I've had to do a lot of learning to be less annoying than I was a few years ago, vis-a-vis talkativeness, love of attention, repetition, tirelessness.)