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Autistic shutdown

Kvothe

Just wondering what Autistic Shutdowns are in particular what feelings are around leading up to a shutdown..

Like i think i just had a minor shutdown not a full one is this possible? 

Over the last 2 weeks i have been struggling a lot with the world its brightness, the noise people getting close and invading personal space. I snapped at some people in the street for approaching me.

This lead to my mind whizzing at times and being sluggish at others, brain fog, extreme anxiety, loss of 'faith' that life gets better.

Adding to that sleep problems like getting too hot, my feet not feeling great out of socks, feet getting too hot in socks, blanket feeling weird, aching body, sweating and more that i cant think of right now

I get home and listen to the same stuff over and over again and just stare into space etc although it didnt feel like the really bad time i had a few years back it felt close..

Now i am coming out of the other side and i feel tired like i have been working out or my body has been exercising for ages..

is this a partial shown? 

Cheers

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  • The links that good people have sent about autistic shutdown/meltdown/burnout will give a good insight into those.  Under the circumstances i suspect it might be a bit tricky for you to get your head around the reading   It did me _ I had a read, then came back to it, had a break from it etc.  all seems to come and go in cycles and gradually things get clearer if that makes sense?  Took a long while to sink in and I'm still getting my head around it myself...

     From what I remember of experiences of "shutdown" they were often after outbursts of pent up frustration and all the piled up anxiety and depression I ended  up so I couldn't speak, couldn't rise from a chair, interact in a particularly varied and flexible way with other people and with life etc and and stuff and also being pretty much emotionally numb.  What you write about seems similar to my experience I think.  A bit like switching the fancy windows systems and apps off on a computer and just being left with command prompts on the black screen.

    The thing about feeling physically knackered rings a bell with me too at this point - equating with the body being all tense and out of balance and having to force it to do stuff and then paying for it when stopping and tuning into it again.

    The only bit that to me doesn't seem familiar to me is the sweats and the change in sensation with feet etc - when I read that I wondered if you maybe had some sort of infection - an infection can mess with how we think and physically feel as well.  Guess if you had a temperature at the same time that would give some indication.  Needless to say seeing a GP or similar would be wise under the circumstances whatever.  I suppose it could even be a combination of both.

    Overall, yep, sounds like a bit of a shut down to me.  I have learnt a lot about myself by answering your question as I have never put these experiences into words befor so thanks for asking the question  .  A lot of us on here seem to be learning about ourself and autism.  I think mostly by experience based learning in what is a different paradigm to the one we have lived most of our lives before.  

    There's plenty of strategies for recovery out there for engaging with to find the right way for you at the right time.  I wish you all the best with feeling better! 

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  • The links that good people have sent about autistic shutdown/meltdown/burnout will give a good insight into those.  Under the circumstances i suspect it might be a bit tricky for you to get your head around the reading   It did me _ I had a read, then came back to it, had a break from it etc.  all seems to come and go in cycles and gradually things get clearer if that makes sense?  Took a long while to sink in and I'm still getting my head around it myself...

     From what I remember of experiences of "shutdown" they were often after outbursts of pent up frustration and all the piled up anxiety and depression I ended  up so I couldn't speak, couldn't rise from a chair, interact in a particularly varied and flexible way with other people and with life etc and and stuff and also being pretty much emotionally numb.  What you write about seems similar to my experience I think.  A bit like switching the fancy windows systems and apps off on a computer and just being left with command prompts on the black screen.

    The thing about feeling physically knackered rings a bell with me too at this point - equating with the body being all tense and out of balance and having to force it to do stuff and then paying for it when stopping and tuning into it again.

    The only bit that to me doesn't seem familiar to me is the sweats and the change in sensation with feet etc - when I read that I wondered if you maybe had some sort of infection - an infection can mess with how we think and physically feel as well.  Guess if you had a temperature at the same time that would give some indication.  Needless to say seeing a GP or similar would be wise under the circumstances whatever.  I suppose it could even be a combination of both.

    Overall, yep, sounds like a bit of a shut down to me.  I have learnt a lot about myself by answering your question as I have never put these experiences into words befor so thanks for asking the question  .  A lot of us on here seem to be learning about ourself and autism.  I think mostly by experience based learning in what is a different paradigm to the one we have lived most of our lives before.  

    There's plenty of strategies for recovery out there for engaging with to find the right way for you at the right time.  I wish you all the best with feeling better! 

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