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I am not certain how, but I keep getting disappointed even without having real expectations. I have only the vaguest assumption that I should feel things. I will witness a social response commonly, and believe something should happen inside me to cause a similar reaction. Throughout my life, I keep finding that often nothing happens. Neither good nor bad. My therapist suggested that perhaps my expectations are set too high. I explained, I don't think it is odd to expect something more than nothing to happen in situations that evoke emotions in most all humans, from my observation. Others seem to judge my lack of reaction, so to some extent, I act. The problem comes when I don't recognize I was supposed to have a reaction, and others are put off by my neutrality.
The individual struggles with feeling emotions in situations where others expect a response. Despite vague expectations, they often feel nothing, leading to social misunderstandings and judgment from others. Their therapist suggests their expectations may be too high, but the individual struggles to understand why they lack emotional reactions that others seem to expect. This disconnect leads to challenges in social interactions and feeling
