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mrsmith
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01 Dec 2012, 4:46 pm

Psychosomatic type problems are often said to be high in NVLD/AS/ASD.

Any research on this?

Is it high compared to the prevalence of emotional problems?

Is it high considering the combination of mental problems and internalization tendencies?



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01 Dec 2012, 8:11 pm

interesting idea. I do not know if any statistics on this have been gathered. I don't see why it would be more common for people on the spectrum. Maybe more common for people with mental or developmental disorders just in general, perhaps, not autism specific.



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01 Dec 2012, 8:54 pm

It makes sense. Sensory over-sensitivity... tactile.



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08 Apr 2016, 6:56 am

I'm experiencing this and here is why:

aja675 wrote:
This topic brings back bad memories of when I overheard two occupational therapists saying that I appeared to have Asperger's syndrome because of my inability to look at people in the eye. As a result, my mind reacted by causing me to have a stiff neck. That was irrational, but it happened.



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08 Apr 2016, 9:24 pm

aja675 wrote:
I'm experiencing this and here is why:
aja675 wrote:
This topic brings back bad memories of when I overheard two occupational therapists saying that I appeared to have Asperger's syndrome because of my inability to look at people in the eye. As a result, my mind reacted by causing me to have a stiff neck. That was irrational, but it happened.


Getting muscle stiffness is a really common part of many people's normal physical stress response....when people "tense up" they tend to literally tense up their muscles.


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14 Apr 2016, 10:52 am

animalcrackers wrote:
aja675 wrote:
I'm experiencing this and here is why:
aja675 wrote:
This topic brings back bad memories of when I overheard two occupational therapists saying that I appeared to have Asperger's syndrome because of my inability to look at people in the eye. As a result, my mind reacted by causing me to have a stiff neck. That was irrational, but it happened.


Getting muscle stiffness is a really common part of many people's normal physical stress response....when people "tense up" they tend to literally tense up their muscles.

It started because the overheard conversation made me fear looking up, which turned into a stiff neck.



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14 Apr 2016, 2:00 pm

Yes, those on the spectrum generally experience higher (often severe) levels of stress. This has the ability to covert to physiological symptoms.


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01 Oct 2016, 9:40 am

aja675 wrote:
I'm experiencing this and here is why:
aja675 wrote:
This topic brings back bad memories of when I overheard two occupational therapists saying that I appeared to have Asperger's syndrome because of my inability to look at people in the eye. As a result, my mind reacted by causing me to have a stiff neck. That was irrational, but it happened.

Even though I was tolerant of "special" people, I always thought of special needs as something that happened to others, and I was traumatized by realizing I appeared to be an Aspie even though rumors about me having special needs had been floating around ever since second grade.



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03 Nov 2016, 10:37 pm

I used to be so proud of my individuality, but when I realized that my individuality had a medical name to it, that's when I lost my pride.



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03 Nov 2016, 11:40 pm

Is this idea truly "often said"? I have never heard it, never seen it claimed on WP before, and never read it in any of the many many ASD books and blogs, so who is saying it and where? I wish the OP in this bumped thread was still around to enlighten us...