Looking for someone like me!

recently my daughter had a diagnosis of both autism and ADHD. She’s also in recovery from anorexia. i seem to hear and see a lot of parents who have concerns over melt downs, aggression, tantrums, 

just wondering if like me their daughter is in fact the opposite and internalises everything? She barely cried as an infant and has never had a tantrum. she heavily masks and then in turn this causes dangerous accidents, eating disorder, and depression. I’ve never met anyone in a similar situation to my daughter and I feel quite alone. I worry one day she will walk I front of a bus she’s so out of touch 

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  • I was very much like your daughter, and still am to a great extent. I don't have her experience with eating disorders, but I was a very quiet baby and from my teens I've had some pretty awful mental health issues.

    It sounds like she might be having shutdowns rather than meltdowns- she's not coping, but everything becomes internal rather than external.

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  • I was very much like your daughter, and still am to a great extent. I don't have her experience with eating disorders, but I was a very quiet baby and from my teens I've had some pretty awful mental health issues.

    It sounds like she might be having shutdowns rather than meltdowns- she's not coping, but everything becomes internal rather than external.

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