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Is this an autism thing or just a me thing

Morganna Le Faye

I'm a late diagnosed autistic woman.   I've noticed that someone expecting something from me can be stressful, and if there are too many expectataions this leads to an anger response from me, especially if I know it is something I'm not able to give or it is too much.   When I say expecting something, it could be my kids asking for 15 different things in quick sucession, or a phone call  (urgh!) when I already have a bunch of things queued up to do, but instead of shutting down, I lash out.  I get angry at the source of the expectation.   

Is this something others on the spectrum noticed about themselves?  Or is this just a 'me thing'. 

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  • in reply to Morganna Le Faye

    There are times when I wonder if the effects of self harm some of friends have described would help me when I feel overloaded, at other times I could I feel I could quite happilly kill someone, but I don't, what I do do is watch a martial arts film or something else fighty and revel in the damage and bloodshed. I do my killing vicariously, I guess others do it via computer games.