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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 643098" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Anxiety in general can get severe enough to lead to "shut-down".</p><p>Aspie's tend to cope by going into "shut-down" (or exploding... take your pick <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p>Not uncommon for Aspie's to have anxiety - they don't fit in a neurotypical world, never know when what they say or do will set off some landmine and destroy the situation or relationship. <em>Everything</em> produces anxiety.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to side with your daughter on one point: It's not a matter of there being something "wrong with her". <em>She is an Aspie. That means that she is WIRED differently. Not wrong, not fixable, just different</em>. The more she is "forced" to be like neurotypical people, the more push-back you will get. She doesn't experience the world the way you do... and you can't experience it the way she does. And the more you try to force things... the higher the anxiety.</p><p></p><p>medications don't always work. Sometimes they make things worse. therapist therapy doesn't always work either - and less often for Aspies because it's based on a neurotypical approach. A therapist who really understands Aspies can help. Force and negative reinforcement fail. Carrots work better than sticks. It's a big mind switch for anyone working with (or living with!) an Aspie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 643098, member: 11791"] Anxiety in general can get severe enough to lead to "shut-down". Aspie's tend to cope by going into "shut-down" (or exploding... take your pick ;) ) Not uncommon for Aspie's to have anxiety - they don't fit in a neurotypical world, never know when what they say or do will set off some landmine and destroy the situation or relationship. [I]Everything[/I] produces anxiety. I'm going to side with your daughter on one point: It's not a matter of there being something "wrong with her". [I]She is an Aspie. That means that she is WIRED differently. Not wrong, not fixable, just different[/I]. The more she is "forced" to be like neurotypical people, the more push-back you will get. She doesn't experience the world the way you do... and you can't experience it the way she does. And the more you try to force things... the higher the anxiety. medications don't always work. Sometimes they make things worse. therapist therapy doesn't always work either - and less often for Aspies because it's based on a neurotypical approach. A therapist who really understands Aspies can help. Force and negative reinforcement fail. Carrots work better than sticks. It's a big mind switch for anyone working with (or living with!) an Aspie. [/QUOTE]
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