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anneurysm
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22 Aug 2011, 4:45 pm

I can see why this trait could apply to some people with AS. Sensory issues, inability to communicate effectively, and troubles with emotional regulation can lead people on the spectrum to become stressed out and constantly angry.


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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.

This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.

My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.


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22 Aug 2011, 4:51 pm

Callista wrote:
In my experience, people with AS are not more easily angered than NTs, but we are more easily stressed.



I've begun to notice this, and I am afraid it will create health problems because I dwell on stuff that I shouldn't.



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22 Aug 2011, 5:00 pm

I tend to get mad at poorly designed things.
I wonder what the person was thinking that designed it, how did it get through all the other people that are supposed to check it, and then why did I buy it!