I panic when I don't understand something.

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I'm currently going through a tough time and I don't understand the situation or why it's happening. It makes me confused, scared, and my stomach is tied in knots. This is probably the worst I've felt when I don't understand something, but I was wondering if this is normal of people with ASD?

Normally, when I don't understand something, I think in circles. I'll start frantically looking up information online. Then, when the explanations don't make sense it frustrates me even worse because I need to understand. I can't let it go. My brain feels like it's going to explode and I feel terrible.

If the lack of understanding is a person, I ask a ton of questions, many are probably irrelevant, so I'm just shooting in the dark, but then again I don't know which questions to ask. All I know is I want to understand. I need that information. It becomes an obsession of both filling in the gaps in my mind and needing to know things.

I'm sorry. You're not alone in your behavior. That's when I usually reach for a Xanax. The ruminating and circular thought patterns are horrifying. It takes time for the circles to die down, too. I hope you can do things or be with people to distract you during this time.

I'm on Haldol for my intrusive thoughts and it works for every day stuff, but for what I'm dealing with right now, it's not doing anything. Maybe my doctor will increase my dose for a while.

Boy I'm really sorry. I know from experience how awful awful that can be. Do you want to talk about it?

I'm the same way. I become obsessed when I don't understand something. I'm sorry you are having a tough time.

This hasn't happened to me when it comes to important 'life stuff' but this happens a lot on little things.

And when I don't understand or get confused i feel that need to know/understand and I have gotten into fights with family members because they just can't seem to explain somethings to me in a way that makes sense.

I don't know if this is what your feeling but if its even close I really hope it gets better.

All of my life has been full of not understanding; but, in the early years I was punished pretty badly for asking the wrong questions (fundamentalist Christian parents) so I learned to keep my mouth shut, listen as hard as I could and try to find an explanation on my own. . I went through college without asking a single question. I remember sitting in class and desperately hoping that someone else would ask about what I didn't understand. I wish I was brave enough to ask too many questions

I had learned how to pretend I'm not Aspie, If I never ask questions, I will never ask a "stupid" question and every one will assume that I am normal; but, just a little quiet and detached