Types Of Shutdowns...

[Captain Caveman]

shutdown (thing) by Zifendorf - Everything2.com

I found this about four years ago and while reading one part of it, it described what I get so accurately that I scrolled to check I had not written it myself!
Prior to reading this I did not know what I had was called shutdowns or that it was linked to autism. Doctors didn't seem to know so I had gone through my life having been tested for sesmingly everything with no results, as I assumed it as physical and not mental that was the cause. (Looking back I ask myself how it took me so long to realize, and why most doctors didn't make the link?)
Anyway. As I re-discovered the link I thought I would post it, and I will also post this, as it shows what it is like to experience a shutdown that can also effect physically.

Thanks.

 

[jsilver256]

Sorry, I didn't see a shutdown in the video?

 

[Captain Caveman]

This link covers types of shutdown.

shutdown (thing) by Zifendorf - Everything2.com

Youtube video (Below) is this where at the virtual reality side of it he is heading into a shutdown.

(How do I display it so it gives a youtube link without showing it as a youtube video?)

 

[Captain Caveman]

Sorry, I didn't see a shutdown in the video?

Oh...
Sorry. I missunderstood.

The virtual reality is identical to how I experience shutdowns, except I end up on the floor as my ability to power my muscles goes, and I have a black curtsin shutting off my eyesight from the top down. It shows his fading in from the outside in. Hope that makes sense?

 

[jsilver256]

Yes, that makes sense. Sorry you have experienced that. The autism simulator is otherwise good and describes my daily living quite well.

This is a good link on shutdowns. TIL I experience receptive language shutdown, expressive language shutdown, and speech shutdown on a daily basis.

 

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Prior to reading this I did not know what I had was called shutdowns or that it was linked to autism. Doctors didn't seem to know so I had gone through my life having been tested for sesmingly everything with no results, as I assumed it as physical and not mental that was the cause. (Looking back I ask myself how it took me so long to realize, and why most doctors didn't make the link?)

This is also very true for me. 15 years of going to doctors and wondering what was wrong with me before figuring it out for myself.

 

[Captain Caveman]

15 years of going to doctors...

I was around double that!