Lack of Empathy: Why Don't I Care When Someone Dies?

I attribute my responses to ASD plus trauma. I didn't cry when my dog passed as a kid, but my siblings were crying immediately. I definitely feel the weight of humans passing, but I don't cry at funerals mostly. My emotional processing is delayed, so usually it hits at a later date and I do cry just ends up not around all the people. Maybe it's a masking thing at the gathering, plus the trauma of being told I'm too emotional in general because of unexpected meltdowns in public, at school.

I’m curious what the comments will be because I found this to be true for myself too. My grandpa just died. I haven’t cried. I’m sad. I wrote a song for him. But like otherwise it’s normal. But when I think of my pet dying I’m a wreck.