25 Signs of Autism in Adults
Autism in adults often shows up as a lifelong pattern across: 🗣 social communication and social connection🔁 routines, repetition, and focused interests🎧 sensory processing and…
Kategorie: Autism
Panic Attack vs Autistic Meltdown vs Shutdown
A Practical Adult Guide to Similarities, Differences, and What to Track These three experiences are frequently confused because they can share visible signs: 😵 fast…
Stonewalling vs Autistic Shutdown: Understanding the Difference in Adult Relationships
In relationships, one behaviour is often described with a single label: shutting down. From the outside, it can look similar in different people: 🧊 silence🚪…
Proprioception & Interoception in ADHD & Autism
Sometimes it’s not pain. Not illness. Not anxiety in the usual sense. It’s just… wrong. 🧠 Your posture feels off, but you can’t fix it🥴…
Autism and Menopause: Sensory Sensitivity, Shutdowns, and Emotional Shifts
If menopause has made your senses sharper, your tolerance smaller, and your emotional world more unpredictable, you’re not imagining it. You might feel like your…
Autistic Emotional Shutdown in Relationships: When Your Feelings Go Offline Mid Conversation
You are in a conversation with someone you care about.Maybe there is mild conflict, maybe it is just emotionally intense. Then suddenly: 🧊 your brain…
Autism vs ADHD in Adults: Overlap, Differences and What It Means For You
You might have found yourself reading about autism and thinking“That is me.” Then reading about ADHD and thinking“That is also me.” Maybe you already have…
Emotion Regulation in Autism and ADHD: A Nervous System View
You might have been told that you are too sensitive, overreacting, or bad at handling emotions. You may notice that: 💭 Small things set off…
Autism in High-Masking Adults: Hidden Signs, Burnout, and Unmasking
Masking is common across autistic adults of all genders. Some people do it occasionally; others live almost their entire public life inside a carefully constructed…
Autism in Women: Signs, Misdiagnoses, and Late Recognition
Many women and AFAB (assigned female at birth) adults grow up with a sense that they are “different” without a clear explanation. Good grades, politeness,…