Anxiety

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When you have anxiety, how do you know if it regular anxiety, I mean if people don’t have Aspergers or anxiety cuz Aspie?

I think the question is, how do you know if you are just anxious for normal reasons, versus how do you know if your anxiety is related to an anxiety disorder or something like ASD.

I think there are clues.

It is probably an anxiety disorder or ASD related if:

1. Nothing upsetting happened lately; it just seems random.
2. Is it related to a physical sensation, like uncomfortable clothes or noises.
3. The anxiety is incommensurate with the source, like feeling 100% anxious about having to catch a bus or go to work.

It is probably normal if:

1. There is an important event coming up in the future.
2. Something bad just happened.
3. There is a serious problem that has just occurred.

Perhaps an additional way to look at it is to consider what your baseline (normal level) of anxiety is. Many times people with a high level of what might be called "resting anxiety" like those with Aspergers, develop management techniques to such as stiming, counting, face and hand touching and rubbing, or some other repetitive activity that helps ones neurology think that control is being exercised.

It may be that complex, faster, or more sensitive neurology results in a level of disturbance that requires some activity to reduce.