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High / Low Anxiety?

AutisticBeaut2025

Hi Everyone!

Just read a small number of posts in regards to those of you who suffer from Anxiety and I was just wondering if I could get an overall idea of how many of you suffer from it, whether its high or low. Does it play a small or big part in your autism diagnosis? I'm just curious. If you could help me then that would be great.

Many Thanks.

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  • in reply to AutisticBeaut2025

    I experience anxiety "peaks" frequently. At those times I may get tunnel vision, feel nauseous..most of those symptoms appear in Vasovagal Syncope. But I haven't fainted yet.

    My base level of anxiety seem to be higher as well.

    Some of it may be context independent, but most is due to the environment we live in: highly social and collaborative, fast paced, multi-tasking settings,...

    It is worse in social situations, possibly due to low self-confidence.

    Walking in nature, or meditating, do help. But a sudden noise, a fast moving object, a rare insect, certain thought, quickly set my anxiety off.

    It does not answer what you ask, it is just my personal experience.

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    Related: www.mayoclinic.org/.../syc-20350527

  • in reply to AutisticBeaut2025

    I would say that the constant vigilance and the uncertainty about exactly how to behave in social situations, combined with the common trait of perfectionism, that comes with autism creates anxiety. 

    In my opinion being autistic often creates heightened levels of anxiety, compared with allistic people, but that how anxiety manifests itself is not much different.