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RSD Shutdown? What does that look like?

maxlinger60

Hello. I have been diagnosed both ADHD and more recently ASD, and in the past couple weeks I’ve had several things that might be shutdowns but I’m not quite sure what triggered them. I feel stiff in my chest and stop stimming altogether. It gets really hard to talk, like the very thought of moving might shatter me into a million painful pieces. Recently, I was told by a couple friends that I’ve been talking too much about my recent ASD diagnosis, and while they were both fair and kind about it, I had to go lock myself in my room for a couple hours until I could rejoin civilized society. I didn’t do anything during that time.

is this a shutdown? Is it common for RSD to cause shutdowns or meltdowns?

comments are appreciated

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  • RSD makes me appear paranoid but to avoid discomfort I stop talking and my body feels very fizzy like electricity because I'm holding everything in. I find it helpful to write down what's upsetting me and then think about different perspectives or reasons why something gas happened. That calms me down and stops the negative self talk and rumination 

  • in reply to Lily

    Yeah, thanks for the good advice. I've tried journaling like that and it's worked decently well, but the RSD doesn't just fade like sensory issues. Rather, it sticks around as a catalyst for other ***. About 18 hours after I wrote that message I had another shutdown, then tried to go for a walk and had a meltdown, with seemingly no trigger save for the RSD shutdown itself. I'm not sure if RSD makes us super prone to everything else, but it sets me off like nothing else.

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  • in reply to Lily

    Yeah, thanks for the good advice. I've tried journaling like that and it's worked decently well, but the RSD doesn't just fade like sensory issues. Rather, it sticks around as a catalyst for other ***. About 18 hours after I wrote that message I had another shutdown, then tried to go for a walk and had a meltdown, with seemingly no trigger save for the RSD shutdown itself. I'm not sure if RSD makes us super prone to everything else, but it sets me off like nothing else.

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  • in reply to maxlinger60

    It does linger and can be a sore point, sort of an embarrassing thing to admit to. Just know that there are others that also have RSD so you're not on your own. I don't know about you, but I find it really hard to feel vulnerable and sometimes the shut downs following a negative experience make me feel that way.

    I find going to the gym and doing  exercises with weights helps. Good luck and hope you feel better soon