Trying to figure out my content while dealing with shutdown cycles is hard! What are my fellow neurodivergents doing?

#neurodivergent #audhd #autisticshutdown

Shutdowns aren’t always crying or melting down. Often, they’re silence, blank stares, or quiet withdrawal. Here’s how to spot them early.



#AutisticShutdown #EmotionalRegulation #Neurodiversity

One of the things about neurodivergence is that you may be very quiet on the outside, yet have the LOUDEST thoughts on the inside

#autism #AuDHD #anxiety #autisticshutdown

Ever since the end of the summer school semester, I have been in autistic shutdown mode. Or maybe burnout although I would not describe it as a full burnout. But I'm struggling to get and stay motivated. Praying for grace during this time so I can focus on myself. #AutisticShutdown #ASD

This tiny buggo I saw on a mushroom gill found in my yard. Two house finches & a rock dove were waiting to say hello this morning. I wanted to be out hours ago but I went out & that counts. 🫶🏻🌸🌿 #AutisticShutdown mode activated and starting to regulate.

Made a lasagna to feel like I have my shit together in the middle of a flare and I think it worked 🤣

#AutisticShutdown #ChronicIllnessFlare

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“I stopped hearing their conversation and drifted into a mental abyss...I was alone here. Alone in this dark, deep nothing…[which] often happened when I was with people, right in the thick of things. I was here, but I also wasn’t.”

…good description of #AutisticShutdown esp the dark aloneness 😞

If anyone needs me today no you don't and I'll be hiding in my room

#autism #autistic #meltdown #autisticshutdown

What is your experience of sensory overload, a meltdown, or a shutdown? What physical or mental symptoms you get as a result of being overstimulated?

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#SensoryOverload #SensoryOverwhelm #Meltdown #AutisticMeltdown #AutisticShutdown #Shutdown #Overstimulated #Autistic #Autism

Oh boy... Today is a rough one I guess; I'm very overwhelmed, overstimulated, just over -
#autisticshutdown

Understanding Autistic Shutdowns My Friend Autism · Episode

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#MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #Autist #Autistic #AutisticShutdown

Dude. I felt that.

#AutisticShutdown

Being autistically shutdown is taking its toll & these attachment wounds are very painful & draining. I literally do not even want to exist on planet earth anymore. I have no more energy. 😭😭😭

#AutisticShutdown #SuicidePrevention

My body isn’t regulating my temperature!?? I’m just pouring sweat why must my suffering compound #autisticshutdown #healthepisode
(I’m ok but uncomfortable on an existential level)

trying to figure out how tf i’m gonna feed myself today but also i’ve been sitting by the bucket of socks for 15 minutes not putting them on so this might be an all day thing. i just need to find enough food to not die. (i wish chinese was closer, i’d eat so much chow mein)

#autisticshutdown

Absolutely wrecked looking autistic transmasc standing in a kitchen in a dirty oversized comfort hoodie playfully flexing. A smile barely pokes through a slack but jovial face.

Reinvigorated! Standing! Slowly working out making frozen pizza! #autisticshutdown

The world has already become too much. I don't foresee ever getting out of this shutdown mode.

#Autistic #AutisticShutdown

Facts & these are true asf FEELS right now. I did my part and that is what matters. #AutisticShutdown

Just a personal feeling. #AutisticShutdown

A dog that could ID allergenic foods, and/or identify when I am likely to hit #AutisticShutdown, and/or simply be with me after that shit happens would be invaluable.

My province restricts what counts, my building doesn't accept pets, and vet costs are absurd.