Autistic Hedgehog
RSSRecently I've come to suspect that I might be somewhere on the autism spectrum, as it explains the things I do that previously were brushed off as bad habits or eccentricities that ought to be changed but couldn't be and helps me figure out how to handle daily life. The only things is, instead of melting down I completely switch off and enter a state of unresponsiveness and disconnect in an attempt to recover. Does this mean I'm looking at the wrong diagnosis? I have no one else to ask. Sorry.
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Not necessarily. We talk about meltdowns more frequently here, but shutdowns happen too, and are basically what you’ve described. A lot of us have some at least occasionally, and there are those of us more prone to shutdowns than meltdowns.
It’s really down to how each individual autistic copes with sensory input, and definitely doesn’t rule out an autism diagnosis.
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