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Is This Typical Under Stress?

KeyboardWorrier68

Hi,

I still unsure about whether I may have some from of ASD, but wanted to ask a specific question as a clue to understanding myself a bit more.

When my wife and I were in discussion of things which I found stressful I know I would somtimes find myself thinking of a word, usually one that was 'inspired' by something in the conversation, and would be mentally rearranging the letters to make new words, etc instead of concentrating on the conversation. It doesn't strike me as a normal thing to do, and it may explain why my wife has subsequently said about large chunks or even entire conversations of which I have little or no recollection. 

Is this anything that anyone has encountered? Is it a clue to me having some autistic traits?

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  • Yes, and my wife is right when she says that I am still responsible for those actions, and I am. The prompt for it was me getting very stressed about some stuff between my wife and I which I can see now was down to me not listening to her and responding to her emotional distress. There is one conversation which I have no recollection of whatsoever, and I don't know if this was me simply not caring or something ASD-related. Whichever it was it wasn't good. Likewise some of my behaviour (again not illegal) hasn't been good.

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  • Yes, and my wife is right when she says that I am still responsible for those actions, and I am. The prompt for it was me getting very stressed about some stuff between my wife and I which I can see now was down to me not listening to her and responding to her emotional distress. There is one conversation which I have no recollection of whatsoever, and I don't know if this was me simply not caring or something ASD-related. Whichever it was it wasn't good. Likewise some of my behaviour (again not illegal) hasn't been good.

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