Autism and viruses

Does anyone ever feel particularly anxious when they have a virus, like with a temperature or chills, fatigue and lack of interest in anything? Routine goes out the window and you struggle to do the things you would normally do so perhaps that plays a part. I just know it feels like I’ve been taken to another universe or world where nothing really feels real or normal until a few days or until full recovery. I don’t know if this sort of detached anxious feeling is common in people with autism?

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  • The Catwoman's sickness plan is a good idea - I keep a stock of paracetamol, olbas oil, cup a soups and airwaves gum, and I always have a box of tissues and plenty of books to read on Kindle.

    You could also try singing or listening to the Soft Kitty sickness song - if you've never watched the Big Bang theory or Young Sheldon, it's a song his mother would sing to him when he was sick.

     "Soft Kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur.

    Happy Kitty, sleepy Kitty, Purr, purr, purr"

    I wouldn't personally sing it out loud to myself, but hearing it in my head, it sounds soothing to me. And it reminds me of the gentle humour of The Big Bang theory, which I loved.

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  • The Catwoman's sickness plan is a good idea - I keep a stock of paracetamol, olbas oil, cup a soups and airwaves gum, and I always have a box of tissues and plenty of books to read on Kindle.

    You could also try singing or listening to the Soft Kitty sickness song - if you've never watched the Big Bang theory or Young Sheldon, it's a song his mother would sing to him when he was sick.

     "Soft Kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur.

    Happy Kitty, sleepy Kitty, Purr, purr, purr"

    I wouldn't personally sing it out loud to myself, but hearing it in my head, it sounds soothing to me. And it reminds me of the gentle humour of The Big Bang theory, which I loved.

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