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2:11am
July 2, 2013
➸ Autistic Eagle: Question for uterus-owning people.
Or at least, uterus owning people who menstruate.
Kris from Queerability and I were just talking about how our periods (which are totally synced right now. Hell yeah) make us much more sensitive to sensory overload and basically throws all executive function out the window.
I’ve been on…
They used to make me way oversensitive and also sometimes made me feel like I was dying. And drowning in emotion.
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socialanxietydisorderly reblogged this from opalhonors and added:Same. Pain.. bowels.. sensory problems.. irritability. I’ve found if I eat right and don’t sit for hours everyday that...
apheline reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:Just for clarification, if you have ovaries which produce ovum, you still have a cycle and a period, just not...
spaceshiny reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:My periods cause… well a lot of unpleasant things. I haven’t really gone into full overload since I was a lot younger,...
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andatriple-espresso reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:I haven’t been able to touch most fabrics or go out in loud public places for the last few days, so I’m going to go with...
ducklingdarling reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:yes.
andreashettle reblogged this from clatterbane and added:I have attention deficit disorder and I definitely seem to struggle more with my ADD for a few days before my period and...
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gryblogs reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:When I do not work to stave them off in advance with pain meds, yes they do. Before I started taking birth control in...
nekobakaz reblogged this from autistic-mom and added:I’d like to say yes, it does. I think any time you’re not feeling well, you’re going to overload a lot easier. When I’m...
adventures-in-asexuality reblogged this from metapianycist and added:I seem to be more susceptible to overstimulation while menstruating also.
autistic-mom reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:Yes. Have not menstruated this year, but remember menstruating being very, very painful and not much less painful...
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metapianycist reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:I can’t stand the sensation of menstruation at all (the wetness) and I tend to be more likely to experience headaches (I...
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squidsqueen reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:Absolutely. Between Fibromyalgia, Sensory Processing Disorder,and ADD, things like executive functioning problems and...
autisticstannis reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:Yes. Yes yes yes. I get overstimulated more easily, mostly TOUCH gets significantly stronger, I have to be more careful...
bloom-in-snow reblogged this from averyroundbird and added:Yes to all! Executive functioning evaporates. Smells are super smelly. I am a gigantic cuddle monster lurking in my pile...
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karalianne reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:This is definitely a thing for ADHDers as well. There’s a paper in Sari Solden's Women with ADHD that talks about it....
underthestarssofaraway reblogged this from averyroundbird and added:I get weepy about four days prior—I get oversensitive about the dumbest shit and it drives my family insane. Also about...
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averyroundbird reblogged this from autisticeagle and added:Menstruation changes everything from my pain threshold to my dress size to my god damn sense of smell! (Seriously, find...
satyrheartbeat reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:Yeeeeaaaah, sometimes? I was ok durning ComFest this pass weekend.
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