Sounds stressful, and I can relate. Maths was the one subject where I was on the 'keep an eye on these ones' table right at the front. It used to stress me out so much and yet the strangest thing was that that almost created an emeregency cut-out in me…

I was diagnosed at 44. I had counselling before that because the wait was long and they wanted to give me some sort of guidance.

My assessment was as follows:

- my aunt and uncle filled out an extensive questionnaire about my childhood. And added an enormous…

I've had some bloods taken today, I asked them to check my iron levels and vitamin D levels so they said they'd check the whole lot while they're at it. 

Your list of possible reasons is helpful, I'm coping with problems and worrying about…

I think the volume in cinemas must be influenced by the staff running them.

I remember years ago looking at hi-fi in Tottenham Court Road in London, and asking for a demonstration in several shops to find the demo set incredibly loud, at which I couldn…

Have you heard of masking?    It's where we are unable to work out what the hell is going on as we grow up and our gauche behaviour gets us bullied - so we adopt a mask to fit in and appear to be like everyone else.    Some of us are really good at this…

TheCatWoman I was around when you started posting on this forum.  You seeemed  to really dive in and embrace it and would reply on a number of posts and create them. You have sustained that for some time and in some people it could cause a burn out in itself…

Ahh I used to work in a launderette, I have met many of your kind, the month-measuring laundry people, with your large and cumbersome sacks. You are very different from me, but you are good and honourable people :)
You guys have A LOT more clothes than…

I probably do get the recommended 8 hours on average, as despite being a worrier, that kind of burns me out frequently enough to fall asleep as a kind of emergency shut-down. However, that 8 hours is sometimes assembled from bits and pieces (a postprandial…