Autism

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jelly Sep 2023 9:50am, 27 Sep 2023 5,672 posts	0 jelly I must be particularly sensitive even a woolly hat pressing on my glasses in the wrong place hurts it’s funny that in a lot of respects I believe I have a high pain threshold but it’s just along my ears and head. I’m trying out some ear seeds for hot flushes and the first 2 days they were so painful, now I hardly know they are there!
halfpint Sep 2023 9:58am, 27 Sep 2023 40,093 posts	0 halfpint I am the same jelly. Certain kinds of pressure seem to bother me. I get headaches from having my hair up or wearing a bike helmet with sunglasses.
Flatlander Sep 2023 12:32pm, 27 Sep 2023 2,919 posts	0 Flatlander halfpint, it is possible that those headaches might be because your hair is tied too tightly and pulling on your scalp, and if the arms of your sunglasses are inside the helmet straps and the straps are compressing the arms against your head. I wear my cycling glasses arms outside the helmet straps because I found that inside them was giving me headaches. Having the helmet too tightly secured also gives me headaches. Not dismissing your pressure sensitivity, just offering possible alternative reasons for the headaches you mentioned.
Raemond Oct 2023 10:20pm, 20 Oct 2023 11,001 posts	0 Raemond I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, day today. It was my first truly rainy and miserable day as a postie. Generally speaking, I'd say being a postie works well with the 'tism - everything is done very much in the same order every day, but has enough minor variation to still require active engagement, I don't often have to speak to other people, and as an extra (possibly non spectrum) it's like I'm being paid to keep fit, which is nice. I've had days before where it drizzled a bit and that was kind of inconvenient, but tolerable. Until today it has just been a short period of drizzle during which I carried on more or less as normal, or an even shorter downpour, during which I took shelter. Today, though, was mostly downpour with short periods of mere drizzle, and it was hell. The sound of the rain, for one, on me and everything around me, the sound of my waterproofs rustling against things, the extra squeaking of my bike, coupled with the strange muffling of having a hood up over my ears, not to mention the reduction in peripheral vision. The fact that my fingers were constantly wet and everything they touched was wet and therefore different to normal: wet paper becoming mush, wet rubber on the bike handlebars, wet leaves clawing at me as I had to pass them. My feet were also wet, and cold, as my shoes filled up with water and I could feel it sloshing with every step or pedal stroke. That much alone, I think I could probably have handled, but the added performance anxiety of being unable to stop the paper based post, the safe delivery of which is the very essence of my job, from disintegrating as soon as it's exposed to the atmosphere, was too much. There may have been crying. Luckily it was raining so much that probably nobody could tell.
Pothunter Oct 2023 11:44pm, 20 Oct 2023 8,336 posts	0 Pothunter I don’t think many people would have enjoyed today, but for someone sensitive to sounds and feel it must have been really hard for you. Hope the sun comes out for your next shift Rae.
mr d Oct 2023 8:07pm, 22 Oct 2023 6,344 posts	0 mr d Also hope your next shift is better Raemond
jelly Oct 2023 10:08pm, 22 Oct 2023 5,785 posts	0 jelly On a practical note Raemondo I have Dexshell waterproof socks and a pair of waterproof gloves. I hate wet feet!
EvilPixie Nov 2023 3:39pm, 15 Nov 2023 48,806 posts	0 EvilPixie waves Gnome (25) has just screened positive for ASD and ADHD and will be (at some point) having psychiatrist appointments Not sure what to expect now or how it will benefit him as he, in my opinion, isn't (wrong wording totally) very autistic. He was never "bad enough" to be identified as having any potential issues so I am not sure what he will gain from this knowledge. Not sure what to say either other than Oh if that makes sense. Sorry just wanted to say it somewhere.
JK chameleon Nov 2023 3:43pm, 15 Nov 2023 18,036 posts	0 JK chameleon I would say that I'm in a similar boat (albeit without official diagnosis, and a couple cough of years older!) For me, I'd like an official diagnosis as a form of protection in work, very easy for people to use autistic traits as being rude or otherwise non-conforming, and so it offers a modicum of armour against potential work disputes (especially one of my direct reports at the moment, who clearly has daggers out for me).
EvilPixie Nov 2023 3:58pm, 15 Nov 2023 48,807 posts	0 EvilPixie that makes sense Gnome doesn't do eye contact well or body language so thinks for interviews it will be helpful he can also be a bit err blunt :-D