Work, switching, limited energy

fireheart wrote:Urielles and David, the main reason that I think it could be (similar to) austistic sensory overload is that I've had this tiredness as long as I can remember. It was the same in primary school as it is now. It was at its worst in high school.
I have a lot of sensory sensitivities and social input quickly becomes too much.
The strategies I use to deal with it seem to be used often with autism; noise-cancelling headphones, weighted blanket, turning off the lights, avoiding busy environments, avoiding meeting up in groups.
The best "cure" for my tiredness has always been: low sensory input and if possible: sleep.

Then if autism-oriented strategies help you best with your fatigue, do not hesitate to keep digging into that!

Maybe have some checkup about your metabolism? The genes linked to autism, are also linked to B12 issues, mitochondries issues, melatonin issues... You'll find a list here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condition ... _disorders that will give you hints on what directions to look into with your docs. Maybe you'll find that a couple vitamin supplements is all you need to keep you going! Don't hesitate to have an autism-oriented physical health check-up to see what your own body might need!

Digging into the autism related physical health issues helped us find that we need high-level B12 supplements, for example. There are also proofs that some psy meds, help the autistic brain to deal with emotions, better. (source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907623/ ) It could be another thing to look into with your docs.

I hope these hints will help you find how to improve your daily life!

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Urielles (passive influence: Zami)

well the description of Schizoid personality Disorder fits Kit to a tee! How is it possible one alter can be completely like something yet others aren't.

I like to think I (Jody) am sociable, enjoy talking to people and look after our system, Sioux is the same so we feel it even more today as we blended to come out so she could help me tidy the kitchen and batch cook. It's kind of like a trial day to see how we'd get on fused.

Would it be possible to have only a couple of alters temporarily fused who can complete the job best together, like 2 that are really good with work/social stuff to cope with work.

I don't know if your system works like this but for us the rest of the team can go deeper where they can't just come out to the front randomly and what they are doing on the inside doesn't affect the person dealing with the outside world (they have to be within a certain distance from the front to be able to switch in quickly). This is so our 'social mask alters' could function at work/college without being influenced by more autistic behaviours of Bobby and Kit as having to consciously compensate so people don't notice is even more exhausting.

It may not work as you all know of each other? Thea and Maddie had no memory of the others existing at the time. And we do find it difficult when out now with others to remember not to switch or refer to ourselves as 'we' etc and stuff we never had to do when the ANP hosts had no connection to the inside.

Jody