As an autistic person, I hate being perceived. Being perceived by others is to be seen through the lens of other people, however that may be. Hating being perceived is not wanting to be looked at, not
Autistic people don’t get used to forced sensory sensitivities; they DISSOCIATE. Autistic people don’t “habituate”. Research shows our pain receptors light up when we’re exposed to our sensory sensitivities.
So much this. Prior to doing trauma work, a therapist ran a dissociation scale on me, and my score was quite high…like dissociative disorder high. I then worked with them to reconnect with reality and overwhelmed myself into a psychosomatic mess. I almost went to the hospital a few times until the autism therapist stepped in and told me what I needed to do to get it together. That was serious. I thought I was dying.
Yeah, I know that. Suppressed memories are like “locked drawers”, and if you open them, all of that mess is overwhelming. That is why you are supposed to open them slowly, one after one. Sorry your therapist didn’t tell you that.
lmao!! I’ve never heard put that way, but yes!
So much this. Prior to doing trauma work, a therapist ran a dissociation scale on me, and my score was quite high…like dissociative disorder high. I then worked with them to reconnect with reality and overwhelmed myself into a psychosomatic mess. I almost went to the hospital a few times until the autism therapist stepped in and told me what I needed to do to get it together. That was serious. I thought I was dying.
Yeah, I know that. Suppressed memories are like “locked drawers”, and if you open them, all of that mess is overwhelming. That is why you are supposed to open them slowly, one after one. Sorry your therapist didn’t tell you that.