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pressure

  1. aubrx

    I have to pressure myself to do everything

    Is this an autism thing? Or is it related to adhd? I have noticed this a lot more upon reflection. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety about a decade before I recently had my autism and adhd diagnosis. The last few years have been extremely hard for me psychologically. Even when I have...
  2. H

    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    Hi, I am a fourth-year product design student on the autism spectrum who attends the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. I would like to talk to people also on the autism spectrum who have utilized pressure to alleviate sensory overload. Specifically, I am interested in how...
  3. ErinH

    Aspies in Work

    Hi everyone, I work full-time and have done so since university (and worked part-time before uni), with the occasional year-or-two gap due to mental health difficulties (before I realised I could be aspie). I have always hated working in the sense that I can never seem to release myself from...
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