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I feel very insular

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I have a very strong inner world and I seem to lose myself in it at the expense of the outside world quite a lot. I am married with children but I find it hard to naturally think or consider my life, the future, my adult responsibilities as a partner and parent. I just seem to withdraw very easily without realising into my head. I get easily obsessed with video games, books, films, abstract thoughts at the almost total expense of my real life. Its really wrecking my marriage to be honest.

Is this familiar to anyone?

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  • Yeah man an autistic person needs a sanctuary, I used to adore being told to go my room as a kid, because I didn’t need an excuse to recharge my batteries. 
    There’s no point in pushing yourself to the point of shut-down, everyone needs to be aware that overt-social-tasking is something you can only do for so long, there’s no point in marching through your parenting-journey as a wooden-faced shadow in ‘low-power mode’. 
    If you find yourself requiring a recharge more often, you should take account of what is draining your battery and find a means of charging better, then you can optimise your life.
    Nobody should expect you to run on empty all the time.

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  • Yeah man an autistic person needs a sanctuary, I used to adore being told to go my room as a kid, because I didn’t need an excuse to recharge my batteries. 
    There’s no point in pushing yourself to the point of shut-down, everyone needs to be aware that overt-social-tasking is something you can only do for so long, there’s no point in marching through your parenting-journey as a wooden-faced shadow in ‘low-power mode’. 
    If you find yourself requiring a recharge more often, you should take account of what is draining your battery and find a means of charging better, then you can optimise your life.
    Nobody should expect you to run on empty all the time.

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