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Yes im fixating on Elden Ring atm and yes that helped

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[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

From what I've been told over the years by various different head people, the overlap between the outward symptoms of cptsd and autism is somewhat large.

The underlying causes are usually very different, but the expression has enough overlap that they always check for cptsd markers and questions.

In my anecdotal experience, of course.

It's also entirely possible to have both, which makes it even more complex.

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[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago

Forcing a square peg into a round hole is soul crushing.

In that same vein, being a round peg in a square hole, nominally "fitting," but being constantly hounded to fill in all of the corners all at once all of the time is exhausting.

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[–] Senal@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

They can, and do, but that's not exactly what i was getting at.

I was saying that a (hypothetical) person, completely free of autistic traits can acquire traits very similar to how autism is expressed purely through CPTSD experience.

I fully agree that you can get ASD + CPTSD for the extra special double dose of the fun times, but it's possible to have one without the other.

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