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Types Of Shutdowns...

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Captain Caveman

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shutdown (thing) by Zifendorf - Everything2.com

I found this about four years ago and while reading one part of it, it described what I get so accurately that I scrolled to check I had not written it myself! :D
Prior to reading this I did not know what I had was called shutdowns or that it was linked to autism. Doctors didn't seem to know so I had gone through my life having been tested for sesmingly everything with no results, as I assumed it as physical and not mental that was the cause. (Looking back I ask myself how it took me so long to realize, and why most doctors didn't make the link?)
Anyway. As I re-discovered the link I thought I would post it, and I will also post this, as it shows what it is like to experience a shutdown that can also effect physically.

Thanks.
 
jsilver256 said:
Sorry, I didn't see a shutdown in the video?
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Oh...
Sorry. I missunderstood.

The virtual reality is identical to how I experience shutdowns, except I end up on the floor as my ability to power my muscles goes, and I have a black curtsin shutting off my eyesight from the top down. It shows his fading in from the outside in. Hope that makes sense?
 
Captain Caveman said:
Prior to reading this I did not know what I had was called shutdowns or that it was linked to autism. Doctors didn't seem to know so I had gone through my life having been tested for sesmingly everything with no results, as I assumed it as physical and not mental that was the cause. (Looking back I ask myself how it took me so long to realize, and why most doctors didn't make the link?)
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This is also very true for me. 15 years of going to doctors and wondering what was wrong with me before figuring it out for myself.
 
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