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Obessive emailing

Ang93

Does anyone else have a problem with obsessive emailing?

When I send an email, I experience deep anxiety about what I've said and whether the person will reply or not.

This usually results in my sending more emails to try and correct what I've said or seek reassurance from the person I'm emailing.

I can spend hours doing nothing, lying in my bed, obsessing over whether the person will reply. 

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  • Apparently the issue I have is actually little to do with my autism, and actually because of attachment anxiety. I fear the person is going to drop me at any moment and emailing is my way of testing/checking that they are still there. Thank you all for your responses, much appreciated and so helpful to see other people's experiences of emailing

  • in reply to Ang93

    Which is a comorbidity of autism, which is very common and so a lot of autistic people will actually do this. So although its not a specific autistic trait its a possible indicator that autism might also be present, but not necessarily. I don't think there is anyone who will just have autism. There are always more goodies  along with it.

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  • in reply to Ang93

    Which is a comorbidity of autism, which is very common and so a lot of autistic people will actually do this. So although its not a specific autistic trait its a possible indicator that autism might also be present, but not necessarily. I don't think there is anyone who will just have autism. There are always more goodies  along with it.

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