Autistic Hedgehog
RSSI'm a depressive autistic, and I'm curious about the interaction of those - not to be too medical model-ey, but my symptoms seem to be pretty correlated. The more depressed I am, the more stereotypically autistic I get...flat affect, trouble with social cues, sensory integration dysfunction (weird electric feeling from light touch), desiring solitude or simple pleasures. Is this common?
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I don’t really know for sure, but it wouldn’t surprise me. I have some similar issues. The biggest problem I have is that if my mood is already bad or if I’m not feeling well in some other way, I get terrified to be out on my own. But also, when I’m depressed, it’s easier for me to miss certain social cues and I can be more sensitive to other issues as well.
Anyone else experience something like this?
pedanticmonster said: DEFINITELY.
wibblywobblygenderywendery said: What is flat affect?
yesthattoo said: It would make sense- depression->less energy-> less energy available to use passing, reading people, more “autistic” coping mechanisms coming into play because upset…
arbryna said: I’m the same way. The worse my depression gets, the worse everything else is. When my depression gets somewhat under control, I can almost feel “normal”, at least for short periods of time.
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