Meet My Autistic Brain  cover image

Meet My Autistic Brain

Interoception: Feeling Your Feelings

Oct 24, 2023
Explore the concept of interoception and its role in recognizing and regulating emotions for autistics, along with the lower awareness of physical bodies and perception of pain. Discover the connection between emotions and physical symptoms, and how improving interoception can aid in recognizing and connecting with emotions.
24:00

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

  • Interoception is the eighth sense that connects internal body signals to emotions, and difficulties in recognizing and interpreting these signals can impact autistics' self-awareness and problem-solving abilities.
  • Autistics have a heightened experience of pain and struggle to adapt to it, making it crucial for them to learn to connect physical symptoms with emotions to effectively regulate their emotional state.

Deep dives

The Multiple Senses and Interoception

There are more than the traditional five senses, such as vestibular and proprioception. Interoception, the eighth sense, is crucial for keeping track of internal body signals and connecting them to emotions. For autistic individuals, interoception can result in overwhelming body signals or difficulties in noticing and interpreting them correctly. Interoception plays a role in body and toilet training and is linked to various important areas like self-awareness, flexibility of thought, and problem-solving.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode