cyberscan wrote:
If head banging would cause someone to lose his or her autism, I'd been normal many years ago. Unfortunately, the only cure for autism is a bullet to the brain, but then the side effects are horrendous for family members.
Haha yea me 2, i think i became worse from headbanging so much actually.
I was really bad growing up, then i when i was like 13 i started becoming higher functioning, I still stimmed a lot, headbanged regularly, and still couldnt talk for anything, but actually did try to socialize and was put in some regular classes where i met my friend whos still my friend today, and then my brother suddenly got killed in a car accident when i was about to turn 15, boom back to lower functioning lol i stopped socializing altogether, all my achievements like being able to handle restaurants without melting down or actually answering the phone properly was gone, I regressed imensively and I disappeared, then slowly but surely when i was about 19 i started improving again, I actually tried socializing, even got a job through the disabilities resource center at six flags, thats also the time I got my license, then my father died when i was 21, boom back to start A lol. So I think any type of event can trigger the person to regress or improve. I was completely in my own world most of my life. Now I'm trying to socialize again for my boyfriends sake, i can't socialize for long, probably maybe two hours or so, then im completely low functioning lol, its like my brain is like "yep im done for the day, i did my job, see ya later" and im like wtf, and stuck completely disappeared from the world for the rest of the day lol.
I never ever heard of actually losing your autism though, you either have autism or you don't! I know you can improve to the point your autism doesnt hinder you anymore, or something can trigger you to regress into a more autistic state to the point it hinders you from everything.
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