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*Autistic Shutdowns collection* - Do you experience these ?

aidie

Hi

I have been trying to work out if I am experiencing Shutdowns, I am still not sure 

I have been trying to find information online but its pretty unspecific. Very few videos about it either.

If you experience shutdowns, please

  1. list the symptoms
  2. describe the process you experience
  3. describe how you feel afterwards please
  4. what triggers it / is there always a trigger ?

I want to determine if I am indeed experiencing shutdowns.  

Get your experiences added to this collection  Thumbsup.

Thanks for any responses,advice,ideas

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  • Today I feel exhausted I've been in bed all day the weekend has flowen buy and I dread going into work tomorrow.

    I've been allocated a new responsibility which I was meant to be trained on,

    (someone spent half a day quickly explaining then left me to it then gave me the work to do on my own and dissappeared). 

    So being confused and having no one to ask, then watching the work build up is super stressing me out and every time I ask this person for help they say "yeah sure", then disappear and they are quite senior also it really effecting me.

    Has anyone here felt completely mentally and physically exhausted by similar circumstances. 

  • in reply to .

    yep that would cause me to shutdown. I now spent the weekend shuttingdown, resting  mediating etc to recover for another week ahead. What you just described would make very upset and lead to a large or daily shutdowns.

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  • in reply to .

    yea i find it very hard to due, I am quite serious the Art of dong Nothing ( just work at your own pace ) turns the table sometimes and put the pressure back on the manage or whoever is piling on the work. It brought calmness to the situation which was high streaks/pressure. We all work best when relaxed. 

    It is linked to the Art of War and Zen buddnism which I aspire too. I have goldfish honest lol.

    anyway I  have gotta go get ready for work tomorrow ie take my halloween make up off 

  • in reply to aidie

    Ha!

    Do you have a mountain of work building, maybe a good idea. 

    Maybe you could hide behind the mountain when you boss comes looking for you.Thinking

    In all seriousness my condition could not allow work to build I would explode. 

  • in reply to .

    yea i have lost at least one job due to my autism.I also am trying different approaches. My favorite is the "Art of Doing Nothing". 

    eg If things are getting behind I just apply "the Art of Doing Nothing" for a while to see what happens 

  • in reply to aidie

    Okay so it is not just me, these things tend to happen to me then I have a massive meltdown then everyone hates me then they torment me then I either get fired or quite because I can't stand it anymore. 

    Each time these things happen I try different approaches like letting the boss know what's happening (fail as they reason by this person can't cope with the work load he's letting the team down ect).

    Speaking to the person directly (fail they let their ego get in the way then become negative).

    Asking someone else for help(fail they help but then stop as it effects there work and they complain to the boss who then asks why I'm not able to do the work if I tell the truth then the person training me will just make out that it's my fault to wich I can't respond.