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Another vent! I cannot stand him sometimes...
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 330392" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I still tend to "shut down" at large gatherings, especially if I have to deal with strangers, let alone family members I am not used to dealing with.</p><p></p><p>It is usually written off to my being "shy". I manage to cope these days, but I still try to avoid parties and stuff like the plague. It's very difficult to deal with the sensory overload when also trying to deal with the communications aspect of it.</p><p></p><p>When I was a child, I used to literally run off and hide somewhere.</p><p></p><p>The absolute worst were office parties where I had to deal with authority figures in a social setting as opposed to the usual slots in which I'd fitted them. It's really weird for someone who is your director and whom you usually deal with in that way, to suddenly offer to get you a drink or similar.</p><p></p><p>I never drank at those sorts of parties even in the days were excesses were pretty normal and coke wasn't just the sort you mix with rum. I felt so close to losing it anyway that anything that impaired my control over my environment further freaked me out.</p><p></p><p>I think this is the same sort of thing manifesting in a much younger child, and might be more common in boys who both more frequently suffer from ASDs, and who manifest them differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 330392, member: 1963"] I still tend to "shut down" at large gatherings, especially if I have to deal with strangers, let alone family members I am not used to dealing with. It is usually written off to my being "shy". I manage to cope these days, but I still try to avoid parties and stuff like the plague. It's very difficult to deal with the sensory overload when also trying to deal with the communications aspect of it. When I was a child, I used to literally run off and hide somewhere. The absolute worst were office parties where I had to deal with authority figures in a social setting as opposed to the usual slots in which I'd fitted them. It's really weird for someone who is your director and whom you usually deal with in that way, to suddenly offer to get you a drink or similar. I never drank at those sorts of parties even in the days were excesses were pretty normal and coke wasn't just the sort you mix with rum. I felt so close to losing it anyway that anything that impaired my control over my environment further freaked me out. I think this is the same sort of thing manifesting in a much younger child, and might be more common in boys who both more frequently suffer from ASDs, and who manifest them differently. [/QUOTE]
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