#autism shutdown

[zebulontheplanet]

Your shutdowns are not the same as my debilitating catatonia that requires medication to function and not be hospitalized. Shut the fuck up.

[dreamdropsystem]

meltdowns and shutdowns, we aren't professionals, just autistics system

[wethinkweknow-you]

did any other autistics never cry or Show Any Emotion At All ™️ as a child and now cry every day or is it just me

[pigeon-cave]

Spectrum of overwhelm, now in triangle form due to popular demand

[Image description: A triangle chart titled, ‘Spectrum of Overwhelm.’ The three points are ‘404 Error,’ showing a person with an empty thought bubble; ‘wet beast,’ showing a person sweating and sobbing; and ‘rage beast’ showing a person clenching their fists in an outline of orange fire. The peak is the ‘404 error’ vertex, and the inside of the triangle here is coloured beige and labelled, ‘shutdown.’ The lower half is labelled ‘meltdown’ and is red on the rage beast side and blue on the wet beast side. \End description]

[yuki-the-gatekeepy]

I am venting below... Read at your own discretion:

It's so isolating knowing you're the only person from the area yet you're the biggest outsider in an event that is set to open a brand new location IN YOUR AREA.

Everyone knows how to schmooze in professional settings except for me. What am I supposed to do here?

How will I ever move up in this world if I can't even shake a hand and try to make myself look like an adult instead of some kid in a cocktail party with an ill-fitted outfit? I feel so out of place, but I want to be in place. They all knew each other from decades of working together or at least they actually worked together. I know no one here. I feel like an idiot for ever trying. I'm not gonna be an adult like they can. It's like...I at least want to know some people but it cripples me with such anxiety to talk to all these people who will look at my pitiful 2 years of experience instead of their forever experience and see me as some child in adultface.

In this place, I am just a child. I want to be able to feel comfortable enough to saunter into an event and be welcomed instead of the outsider. BUT I'M THE ONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL ANOTHER STATE TO SCHMOOZE. I'M THE ONE WHO IS DOWN THE STREET. I'M THE LITTLE GUY NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT. I'M OVER IT.

[autisticdreamdrop]

hyperverbal autistic ✅️ valid

fully verbal autistic ✅️ valid

verbal autsitic with verbal loss ✅️ valid

semiverbal autistic ✅️ valid

nonverbal autistic ✅️ valid

[theorahsart]

Here's a comic I made a few years ago, explaining autistic meltdowns and shutdowns in detail! They can be pretty different to what you might expect- I didnt even realise I was experiencing them for years. I thought they were panic attacks that just happened to last much longer than an average person's, or that I was very sensitive- newsflash, it was actually autism lol

[infjpaladin]

Me, when I lock myself in my room! Lol

Fuckin' mood clark.

Context: He was trying to kill a plant. It was a very sturdy plant.

Source: Action Comics #140 "Superman Becomes a Hermit"

[elliott-the-creature]

shoutout to all the neurodivergent people/critters whose verbal language alternates between:

eloquent and fully articulate speech, filled with emotion and detail. where every word is thoughtful and is strung together perfectly to prevent misunderstanding. at times, even using words that are almost unknown or wildly underused by normal people. where grammar and proper conjugation is ideal, and everything is in there for a reason. communication is fluent and flows smoothly between thoughts, and is not unlike a medieval herald recounting a message to their townsfolk

and:

short sentence. not much word used. broken grammar; no want to be proper. don’t want speak, but must speak, so little speak. sometime not even speak real word, sometimes garbled mismash of words. lots of umm and uhh and stutters. no tone, sound like computer even.

(I am that neurodivergent critter lol)

[chthonic-pain]

Communication cards with swear words in them, because people with communication difficulties also deserve to swear :)

[circusinarun]

I think, this is the only good thing about shutdown, is that I can draw these silly beanz

[dreamdropsystem]

having a meltdown / shutdowns from forcing verbally all day / a lot / period of time

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Early Warning Signs of Autistic Shutdowns

Neurodivergent_lou

[doctor-mccoys-sanity]

autism and strong emotion just be like… SHAKE! SHAKE SO HARD! BUT FEEL TRAPPED BY THE PRISON OF YOUR BONES *screams*

[itsaspectrumcomic]

A shutdown is like a meltdown but internal.

[autism-affirmations]

ball mode™