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Autistic 'lightbulb moments'

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Since your diagnosis/self realisation, have you had times in your life when suddenly you realise why you did something in the past ie because of your autism.

There have been many for me, but recently the hair cutting thread made me realise why I hated hairdressers so much even though everyone else I knew seemed to look forward to going.

I was the only person in my 30s I knew to have a mobile hairdresser come to my house - it seemed to be older people or those with mobility problems who went for this service.

Have you had moments when everything clicks into place/another piece of the puzzle of your past?

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  • Many, I suspect, but one that comes to mind is my relationship with noise and anxiety. I’ve always known that noise from neighbours, people eating, kids in the street etc upset me more than seemed reasonable but I just thought I was being over sensitive. Even the sound of electrical appliances, TVs, lights, other peoples’ wrist watches.

    But post-diagnosis, working with a therapist, I discovered that my body is very anxious most of the time but forgets to tell my brain. Fast forward a few weeks and I’m back in the office at work and I wear noise cancelling headphones for the first time.

    And I physically felt a weight drain out of my body. A weight I hadn’t even realised was there.

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    Deleted User said:
    Even the sound of electrical appliances, TVs, lights, other peoples’ wrist watches.

    When I was a child we had wind up clocks that all had loud ticks.

    Whichever room I was in, especially my bedroom, I put them under a pillow or cushion.

    I hate the sound of ticking clocks.

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    For this reason I forbade clocks at home and I don’t wear watch on my wrist. Once at school I realised that this annoying ticking was my watch I hid it in my bag and then I put the bag close to my ear to check if I still hear it. My colleague who was sitting with me looked at me as if I was crazy. Now we have a buzzing led lamp in the kitchen. Only I hear this buzzing, nobody else. 
    when my daughter plays Duplo, I hear it as if someone demolished a wall with hammer. Playing- only with earplugs. Without them I would have gone crazy for real. 

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  • in reply to Deleted User

    For this reason I forbade clocks at home and I don’t wear watch on my wrist. Once at school I realised that this annoying ticking was my watch I hid it in my bag and then I put the bag close to my ear to check if I still hear it. My colleague who was sitting with me looked at me as if I was crazy. Now we have a buzzing led lamp in the kitchen. Only I hear this buzzing, nobody else. 
    when my daughter plays Duplo, I hear it as if someone demolished a wall with hammer. Playing- only with earplugs. Without them I would have gone crazy for real. 

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