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Autism (high functioning) root cause?

Stuart333

I have been considering this a lot to understand myself. Sorry about 'high functioning' terminology but I wanted to differentiate and I can't talk about anything I don't have experience of.

I have come to the conclusion that high functioning ASD is fundamentally an overly sensitive nervous system, which causes mode changes in the brain and inhibits social development, because people are unpredictable and a threat?

The sensitivity to over active nervous states drives confusion and mal-adapted coping mechanisms.

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  • I concur with your analysis.

    The increased sensitivity being genetically inherited.

    Amygdala developmental changes have also been correlated to chronic stress

    That complex PTSD from early childhood trauma and ASD can present quite similarly perhaps fits with this analysis.

    Personally I attributed my "neurodiversity" in respect of higher levels of stress experience to childhood trauma.

    Family characteristics have very much now led me to conclude the genetic characteristic present.  The trauma I experienced being compounded by a heritable predisposition to what you describe as an overly sensitive nervous system.

    This understanding fits with Dr. Daniel Siegel "window of tolerance" psychology model as it can be applied to ASD : as example website link: The Window of Tolerance | Neurodivergent Insights.

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  • I concur with your analysis.

    The increased sensitivity being genetically inherited.

    Amygdala developmental changes have also been correlated to chronic stress

    That complex PTSD from early childhood trauma and ASD can present quite similarly perhaps fits with this analysis.

    Personally I attributed my "neurodiversity" in respect of higher levels of stress experience to childhood trauma.

    Family characteristics have very much now led me to conclude the genetic characteristic present.  The trauma I experienced being compounded by a heritable predisposition to what you describe as an overly sensitive nervous system.

    This understanding fits with Dr. Daniel Siegel "window of tolerance" psychology model as it can be applied to ASD : as example website link: The Window of Tolerance | Neurodivergent Insights.

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