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Recent content by TinyHatOnAPumpkin

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    Routines/details/changes

    None of my routines are time based, which has caused some to say that I don't have them, but I really do, they are just TASK based. I have very specific routines for getting ready for bed (I can't go to sleep, no matter how tired I am, unless I have done my full bedtime routine) which includes...
  2. TinyHatOnAPumpkin

    Phobias anyone?

    These are really common in people on the autism spectrum, it's often because of how easily we are overstimulated, so we often prefer small, darker, quiet places. There's less to take in and we feel less exposed.
  3. TinyHatOnAPumpkin

    Anyone Heard of Misophonia?

    The difference is that most of the time it's a slow build, going from the person being able to tolerate the noise to some degree to it becoming so annoying that one becomes angry. With those who have misophonia, any amount of that noise causes high levels of stress, anger and/or anxiety. Like...
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    Anyone Heard of Misophonia?

    I have for when I hear people chewing. It bugs me enough sometimes that I want to break or hit something. I've heard that a possible cause of misophonia is that it's similar to synesthesia, only instead of a neural pathway between two senses, it's between the sense of hearing and the emotional...
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    Phobias anyone?

    Well I have ostraconophobia (fear of shellfish) which seems completely useless and I have no idea where the phobia came from. I also have entomophobia (fear of insects) which I can kind of find a source for, as I do have an allergy, but it's more the way they look that scares me. Also there's...
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