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Do you ever get days when you feel even more autistic?

Rocinante

I am currently having a period of a few days when I'm feeling even more autistic than normal.

Like, small talk seems even more exhausting than normal, I'm feeling more disconnected from other people, even people I am normally more comfortable with, and just generally feeling discontent (feeling content is what I call in myself what other people might call happiness I think).

I'm feeling like I'm being misunderstood and also that I am misunderstanding people more than normal.

I'm feeling more unsettled than usual.

I've had this before for varying lengths of time.

I just wondered if anyone else feels like this sometimes? 

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  • The more stress and pressure I am under, the more the traits come out.

    I have always prioritised work, so everything else gets compromised. But the last few months I have not been doing this.

    The last 2 weeks I sold my car that I had for 21 years, I bought a new one and had to spend 2 hours to go and collect it, plus sort out insurance and  put number on retention (Dvla rules confused me), had forms to fill in for my diagnosis meeting, I had people chasing me at work, I needed some time off, the garden needs watering, etc.

    It was too much and started to struggle and become more emotional and my thinking became less clear. I also started to call people just to talk, rather than just deal with it. I am not sure why, they couldn't solve it, I just became more indecisive. I also stopped being able to do as much work.

    Since I have become aware I have noticed this. In the past I would just have ignored the stress and squashed the emotions and just done the minimum. But I am trying to feel emotions now and not have the knot in my chest, and not use alcohol to cope.

    I want to try to pace myself better and be comfortable with priorities and allocating my time without feeling guilty.

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  • The more stress and pressure I am under, the more the traits come out.

    I have always prioritised work, so everything else gets compromised. But the last few months I have not been doing this.

    The last 2 weeks I sold my car that I had for 21 years, I bought a new one and had to spend 2 hours to go and collect it, plus sort out insurance and  put number on retention (Dvla rules confused me), had forms to fill in for my diagnosis meeting, I had people chasing me at work, I needed some time off, the garden needs watering, etc.

    It was too much and started to struggle and become more emotional and my thinking became less clear. I also started to call people just to talk, rather than just deal with it. I am not sure why, they couldn't solve it, I just became more indecisive. I also stopped being able to do as much work.

    Since I have become aware I have noticed this. In the past I would just have ignored the stress and squashed the emotions and just done the minimum. But I am trying to feel emotions now and not have the knot in my chest, and not use alcohol to cope.

    I want to try to pace myself better and be comfortable with priorities and allocating my time without feeling guilty.

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