Can people with autism fall in love?

To me, the answer to this question is fairly obvious: Yes. Autistic people fall in love all the time, and many have long-term relationships and/or decide to get married. However, it’s a question that is asked a lot and that can worry some people who are beginning to explore whether they themselves might be autistic.

The worry that people with autism will find it difficult to either love someone or sustain a long-term relationship is usually based on the following reasons:

• empathy issues
• social issues
• routines and rigid thinking
• communication issues.Read the rest of the article here.

My personal life:
I am not sure.
I thought I was in love. Now I am told it was trauma bonding. I have a favourite person (I will get into that in another post). It is hard for me to move on once I have attached to someone… but once I have closed the door on them, they are gone forever. It is like they have died.

Romantic love combines intimacy, passion, and commitment and occurs in phases. These phases are:
Intimacy (feelings of connection and closeness), passion (feelings of physical and romantic attraction) and commitment (treating your partner with respect and loyalty).

Have I felt romantically towards anyone?

Love takes on different forms when you shake these three up a bit. The seven kinds of love that can exist are: friendship (intimacy without passion or commitment), infatuation (passion without intimacy or commitment), empty love (commitment without passion or intimacy), romantic love (passion and intimacy without commitment), platonic love (intimacy and commitment without passion/sexual desire), fatuous love (commitment and passion without intimacy), and consummate love (commitment, passion, and intimacy; the “ideal relationship“).

I have certainly had my fair share of platonic love relationships. It is all I know.

According to Merriam-Webster, “passion” refers to a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement, either for something or about doing something.

I am not particularly sure if I have felt passionate about anything…