Is it normal that i have trouble recognising other people’s emotions?

I have trouble recognising what other people are feeling and responding to things in a emotional manner.

For example, a family friend was in a car accident recently and my family and I were talking to her about it. Afterwards my parents were talking about how sorry they felt for her and how she was almost crying when talking about it. I had thought that she was no longer upset and was recounting it calmly.

I also don’t really like to express my own emotions. I know very clearly what my feelings are and would have no problem articulating them, it’s just that I see no point in doing so and when a friend is going through something emotional I will try to offer ways to fix the problem but never bother giving emotional support.

When I was a child I used to try and copy other people’s reactions so that my parents wouldn’t think I was abnormal.

I’ve not been diagnosed with any autism spectrum disorder, nor do I have the symptoms/signs of any, which is usually what people say if I bring this up.