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shutdowns

  1. JamesM

    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...
  2. Passepartout

    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)...
  3. V

    Extreme nausea and blurry vison

    Hi i have a question to anyone who wants/can answer; Do you experience extreme nausea or blurry vision during overload/shutdowns?
  4. Clueless in Canada

    Autism and CFS/ME

    I've been taking a break from social media and that has included this site as well. Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed by the very existence of other people, other times I am so absorbed in my interests I don't have time for social media. It has been both of those affecting me lately but in the...
  5. Clueless in Canada

    Exploring the Shut Down

    I have some very persistent finger stims, which do not seem to favour any particular emotion unless we assume that I am in a permanent state of either joy or anxiety. The latter is most likely, and I am medicated for anxiety which helps minimise the more obvious stims, not to mention the...
  6. Jenisautistic

    writing about The Outsiders *Spoilers* And trying to push through a possible shut down

    Going through a brain fog right now. Although right now at this moment it’s not bad as it was before. Have some stuff going on. Sometimes I get like this Like the blank page I started on. Creative and in a way just plain in a rut. But still staying positive! Possible shutdown ? Anyway...
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