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Recent content by Passepartout

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    Shutdowns, Overstimulation and Visual Vertigo

    Thanks for sharing. I have had a few of these attacks exactly as you describe, mine lasted several days and either came on sudden at night or I woke up with it. They are absolutely horrifying and traumatizing in everyway.
  2. Passepartout

    Shutdowns, Overstimulation and Visual Vertigo

    Like supermarket isles, scanning for things. Spinning. Tracking anything which then causes the background to blur. Anything moving around or behind me in a circular rotation, or me moving in a circular rotation. Flicking of sunlight through trees when driving. To many or complex patterns...
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    Shutdowns, Overstimulation and Visual Vertigo

    For a few years now I have been experiencing daily shutdowns. Usually after going out walking, driving or shopping. There is just to much information outside in the world for my brain to process. The more I'm moving around and the more stimulation coming in (light, sounds, objects, people etc)...
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    Daredevil's Melvin Potter

    Anyone here familiar with Daredevil's Melvin Potter? (The guy who makes Daredevil's suit) and whether the character appears to be autistic? I noticed a few characteristics of him in myself. (Reference from Google search below) Mental Illness: Melvin Potter's intellect is focused primarily...
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    Different skills/abilities at different times, or none at all.

    This seems to be the case for me as well, I'll always eventual come back to that interest or activity and pick up where I left off, whether it be weeks, months or even years later. How does one remain consistent in doing things instead of being stuck in a cycle of going round and round...
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    Different skills/abilities at different times, or none at all.

    It seems I have this pattern where I have access to different skills and abilities at different times, or none at all (as in regression). it's like their there and then they are gone. Wondering if this is related to Autistic Inertia, Burnout or ADHD. Where Inertia being a difficulty to get...
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    Help Identifying Meltdowns

    Hey all. All my adult life I have been suffering from involuntary responses to chronic stress. But I can't seem to work out if they are infact meltdowns or something else. I shall attempt to explain roughly what happens. It always starts with stress and anxiety that builds up over time...
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