I decided to watch church online. I kept shutting down during the service and it was all I could do to stare straight at the pastor and hold onto my seat. You see, there were too many kinds of hands giving me handshakes, too many different smells when I got hugged, and boy was it loud during the singing. The pastor kept insisting that everyone participate in the worship and I could t stand or raise my hands because I was overwhelmed, overstimulated and experiencing a shut down. This made me feel like I wasn’t blending in and I hate that feeling. It just got to be too much. Can anyone else relate that has autism like me?
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