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Time

Kate

I’m not sure how to describe this but I realised I sit down to complete an activity and then hours go by and I think it’s only been like 10 minutes or something like that and I would have no idea where the time went and I would get stressed- I would know what I was doing but would have no idea of the hours passing if that makes sense. I used to lie in on the weekends and get stressed sometimes even meltdowns if it was only half a day left because I wouldn’t have the whole day so I wouldn’t get everything finished on time. I sometimes stress out in the evenings if I haven’t finished my work and it’s like I’m running out of time even though I have plenty. I find this with rushing out the house too. I have to be ready to leave half an hour to fifteen minutes before otherwise there’s a meltdown. When I was in secondary I used to turn up half an hour early to lessons at the start of the day or lunch so that I’d have enough time to get ready for the lessons. I’m unable to keep a schedule when studying too and forget to take breaks because I spend hours studying. Is this common for those on the spectrum to have no idea where the time went and then get stressed? This is kind of rambling so I hope this makes sense. Any strategies to support would be appreciated or any similar experiences

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  • in reply to Robert124

    seems so extreme, I'm not that bad. i hope

  • in reply to Desmond79

    This anxiety about being late had an effect on the whole family.

    In the 1970s we went on many day long coach trips organised by our local community centre.  They hired a private coach and kept records of all the passengers, making sure nobody got left behind.

    My father's anxiety ruined these trips.  

    On a typical trip, we would arrive around 11 and the coach would leave at 5pm.  My father would start panicking around 2pm, getting worse and worse, herding the whole family back to the bus station.  We were usually the first ones back at the bus station, with my father in a meltdown state because the coach wasn't there. The coaches were usually parked out of sight and arrived shortly before departure time.

    The worst incident was in Blackpool, shortly after arriving, my sister went into a newsagent, my father completely panicked because she wasn't in his sight. When she came out he was ranting and raving at her in the street that we had to get back to the bus station immediately.  She tried to reason with him, saying that it's only a quarter to 12, we've just arrived, the coach leaves at 5pm.  Reason had no effect, he went into meltdown mode.  All he wanted to do was get back to the bus station.