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I Get Stressed Every Time I Do Stories...

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pottyfry

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Yesterday, while I was in another room, trying to have a change of scenery, I started to get stressed. It may be because of bad sleep, but I think it was because of other reasons. I still got stressed whenever I thought up new ideas or did new stories. Can someone PLEASE tell me what's causing all this?!
 
You can probably tell yourself better than we can. It might help to think about what specifically is causing you trouble with these stories.

I used to like writing fiction, but it always caused me more stress than non-fiction. Non-fiction was natural. Only parts of fiction were natural for me. What caused stress was trying to think like non-Autistic people (even though I didn't know what that meant at the time). I don't know if you relate, but that might be worth thinking about.
 
Mr. Stevens said:
What caused stress was trying to think like non-Autistic people (even though I didn't know what that meant at the time). I don't know if you relate, but that might be worth thinking about.
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Not having a clue I was autistic, I imagine all my main characters are somewhat autistic. While my published stories are fiction, I drew a lot from my life experiences.
 
Stress is correlated with little sleep in women. Women can't cope well with daily stress when they haven't had enough sleep, and it's actual sleep not just rest.

Could be sensory overload due to the new room you moved to being too bright, having odd noise, and autistic people can't handle change well. It might take a while to adjust with working in a new environment.

Working, mental work is a particularly focus demanding task, with our limited capacities, low energy, overwhelm and external factors it may be hard to do.
 
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