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*Autistic Shutdowns collection* - Do you experience these ?

aidie
over 4 years ago

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

Parents
  • over 2 years ago

    The behaviours of autistic shutdown and autistic burnout are both quite similar but autistic shutdown happens suddenly like for example, my reaction to an overwhelming sensory environment might be to shutdown. Burnout is similar to shutdown but burnout happens after a period of time ranging from a few hours all the way up to a few months, even a few years.

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  • over 2 years ago

    The behaviours of autistic shutdown and autistic burnout are both quite similar but autistic shutdown happens suddenly like for example, my reaction to an overwhelming sensory environment might be to shutdown. Burnout is similar to shutdown but burnout happens after a period of time ranging from a few hours all the way up to a few months, even a few years.

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