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More Autistic traits showing under pressure?

maxlinger60

Anybody else notice their autistic traits become much more prevalent or harder to suppress when tired, stressed, or drained?

Usually I'm fidgety and mildly sensorily sensitive, but some days I just have to stim more openly or repeat more familiar activities or I will simply implode into a sad puddle.

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  • Definitely, the problem I find is because you can do something on one day, it’s assumed you can do it on another day. The neurotypical world  doesn’t quite understand that it doesn’t work that way, they view it as us not trying hard enough. Stimuli can affect my day massively, yesterday I was in a room with someone burning joss sticks, I was practically ‘bouncing of the walls.’ I had to escape in the end as I felt overwhelmed and sick.

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  • Definitely, the problem I find is because you can do something on one day, it’s assumed you can do it on another day. The neurotypical world  doesn’t quite understand that it doesn’t work that way, they view it as us not trying hard enough. Stimuli can affect my day massively, yesterday I was in a room with someone burning joss sticks, I was practically ‘bouncing of the walls.’ I had to escape in the end as I felt overwhelmed and sick.

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