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Recent content by JamesM

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    ASD Shutdowns or Disassociation?

    Cheers for replies! @Judge I have experienced both of those from time to time for many years. But this is something else. @Jumpinbare Neither of those, but have experienced similar symptoms during really bad burnout. I'm leaning more towards ASD shutdowns made worse by chronic stress, burnout...
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    ASD Shutdowns or Disassociation?

    I frequently have these weird kinda shutdowns. For the past few years I thought them to be related to a Disassociative Disorder/Shutdown response. However as I learn more about ASD, I see people speak in videos on Youtube about similar experiences, so it may be just part of ASD. The experience...
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    Imaged based mind and flash-forwards.

    Inside my mind is an entire world that operates at all times, like an alternate reality. Every experience gets replayed in multiple versions and especially bad experiences. These can get stuck in a loop and my mind will create flash-forwards like alternate futures of how something is going to...
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    Autism and Intellectual Impairment

    I hear a lot of Autistic people are on the smarter side. But unfortunately I was not blessed with this and are somewhat mentally challenged. What is known as Borderline Intellectual Functioning seems to explain a lot. Does anyone else suffer this? And has it impacted your life in many ways...
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    Sensory Processing and Filtering Out Stimuli

    Does anyone here have real difficulties filtering out external stimuli, mostly when trying to do other things.? It's like I can't access part of my brain when there is a distraction. Or perhaps my brain stops processing what I'm doing because the other thing is consuming all the resources...
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