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Raven_Forester

Hi everyone, 

Is there ever a time that anyone ever feels more autistic than normal? I guess a better way to phrase this is, is there ever a time when its harder to hide your autism? Like when you're tired or stressed or experiencing other high emotions. Such as attending a funeral while extremely sleep deprived which was exactly what happened today. Well, I guess all week I've felt that I've been acting "way more autistic" than usual. For instance, more stimming, more sensory sensitivity, social tolerance, worsened executive dysfunction, etc. Does anyone else get that? Just curious. 

Or it could be totally unrelated to autism. 

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  • I find any kind of stress makes masking and coping strategies much harder.  Particularly bad for me are feeling hungry, anxious, lonely or tired (HALT).  I would think that, if you were exhausted, and had the stress and emotions of attending a funeral for someone you cared about, that would make it very difficult to cope and mask in a very social situation (which is what a funeral is).

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  • I find any kind of stress makes masking and coping strategies much harder.  Particularly bad for me are feeling hungry, anxious, lonely or tired (HALT).  I would think that, if you were exhausted, and had the stress and emotions of attending a funeral for someone you cared about, that would make it very difficult to cope and mask in a very social situation (which is what a funeral is).

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