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asparagus

Hello

I call it this because once I heard it on TV a very long time ago and it sounded as though it something I do actually do and when Apserger's was mooted to me a few year ago and was diagnosed last year with Autism. This is one of the areas where I say to someone I trust I hate autism. 

Tell me something serious, I blink but take it well. Tell me off, quite properly, for something so small I can overthink it. About a month ago I realised the change from knowing it autism to how would have handled it in the past. In the past, if that person had told me off, I would have possibly walked out on her, gone home and not shown up for a few weeks and chuntered to it for myself lasting for about six weeks. This incident I was able to go and seek help elsewhere and a gentle chat about it that moved into relatively normal conversation and went home okay about it as such.

This weekend I had a really good conversation with someone on Friday. In that conversation he pointed out so calmly, I think about comments way to much. Hmm part of my overthinking. The rest of the conversation including that went well. Friday evening was okay. By Saturday though I had remembered he had said this one bit. Of which I knew because I tell 'him' I overthink, and he will know from my contact with him it something I do. So how come I managed to overthink the overthinking.  I didn't argue back or anything at the time. I just nodded because I know I do so.

The comments I end up overthinking, I don't choose them. They can be good comments and I have to go around and around wondering what they might actaully mean. Why did he say it so kind? Or it can be a negative comment in my mind and chunter about it around and around. This person is my support so at least I can offload in my way to them and did so through the whole weekend.  Good things happened in that conversation but somehow my brain not focusing on that. I nearly recovered as such.

But does anyone else have overthinking comments? Can you actually choose what you overthink. This morning he did make a very helpful suggestion in if am going to overthink then choose to think on.... but is it as easy as that?  In the email I sent I know I had done exactly what he told me I do. Take a comment and way over think it. So why I did so when I know I do so. He wasn't correcting me or anything. 

But how do you deal with overthinking.

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  • I can only refer you back to the first 2 replies. There comes a point when you have to call a halt because you are getting nowhere. Shout stop, in your head only, or as Rsocks says, a rubber band, anything to shock you back into reality. Reality is that you may never be able to get an answer, so just let it go.

    Rsocks told me about "the man on the Clapham Omnibus". He used to be known as "the man in the street" etc. This is a normal, reasonable stranger, who in your own mind, will act as your jury and tell you that you have gone beyond the realms of reality and good sense. Then just make yourself let go of whatever it is that is churning around in your head.

    I'm still prcticing this technique, but I am having more success, as time goes on.

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  • I can only refer you back to the first 2 replies. There comes a point when you have to call a halt because you are getting nowhere. Shout stop, in your head only, or as Rsocks says, a rubber band, anything to shock you back into reality. Reality is that you may never be able to get an answer, so just let it go.

    Rsocks told me about "the man on the Clapham Omnibus". He used to be known as "the man in the street" etc. This is a normal, reasonable stranger, who in your own mind, will act as your jury and tell you that you have gone beyond the realms of reality and good sense. Then just make yourself let go of whatever it is that is churning around in your head.

    I'm still prcticing this technique, but I am having more success, as time goes on.

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