✨Autistic shutdowns occur when something in our environment is intolerable. They could be triggered by transitions, unpredictability, sensory overwhelm, social overload, or stress (to list just a few). When we shut down our brains often go blank, like we cannot fully boot up or get ourselves to respond to our environment. We shut down to self protect so whatever is intolerable cannot continue harming us. ✨But people around us often want us to. They see our eyes go unfocused and our bodies freeze
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✨Autistic shutdowns occur when something in our environment is intolerable. They could be triggered by transitions, unpredictability, sensory overwhelm, social overload, or stress (to list just a few). When we shut down our brains often go blank, like we cannot fully boot up or get ourselves to respond to our environment. We shut down to self protect so whatever is intolerable cannot continue harming us. ✨But people around us often want us to. They see our eyes go unfocused and our bodies freeze
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