Mastodawn

just dropping another link for ppl watching #actuallyAutistic #actuallyASD #actuallyADHD

somebody posted a reddit thread on the fear of / aversion to being perceived, and a lot of folks replied with their experience: https://old.reddit.com/r/AutisticAdults/comments/1abjoqc/anyone_else/

this isn't universal for people with ASD but it is clearly a common theme for some, and it's maddening to try to articulate or even understand - took me more than 5 years. so I hope the comments may help someone.

Anyone else?

Does anyone else have this intense feeling when anyone observes you, I constantly feel violated by people looking at me. I hold my breath around...

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deutrino Jan 27, 2024

the comment about being put into "wait mode" resonated with me particularly.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AutisticAdults/comments/1abjoqc/anyone_else/kjp7i4x/

in my case I have been unable to overcome this reflexive attention fixation consistently and have been trying to get basic CBT for it for years, but lol Medicaid, basically, and lol at expecting more than 1 in 50 clinicians to have the faintest clue about autism or ADHD in adults, let alone what to do about it.

Anyone else?

Yes. I mistook it for just being social anxiety for a long time (and I did used to have that too, which *majorly* amplified it). But my problem...