Anxiety

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Is Aspergers anxiety different from regular anxiety in non-Aspergers people?

I only experience my own anxiety so I don't know the answer to your question. I couldn't even guess what kind of anxiety I'm having. Right now, I'm having money problems, which would probably cause anybody anxiety. But what kind of anxiety? Is my anxiety like somebody else's anxiety? I have no idea. Also I wouldn't trust a doctor for an answer to that - but a doctor wouldn't know the answer either, they'd just prescribe and wait to hear from me.

I feel like the main difference is that some neurodiverse people have trouble recognizing their anxiety until its already out of control. Mindfulness is the only thing that has helped me with mine.

Not really.

Imagine any allistic who'd ends up constantly bullied, rejected, criticized, harassed, and victimized.
On top of that, constantly overwhelmed by the chaotic environment, being surrounded by the wrong people, and having too many emotional and psychological unfulfillments.

Then one had to constantly cope with it. That there's only coping, and no breating spaces for adapting. Being raised and manipulated to be helpless and dependent.
And so on, and so on...


Unless one is the kind of ND that never feels fear and/or anxiety.

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^ you explained, perfectly, what I would have attempted to say (but, likely, not as eloquently : )).

Alexithymia (inability to identify emotions) can be a factor as well for autistics. When I first started experiencing anxiety in my 20's, I thought it was a physical problem, because I was feeling tension in my chest. I had no idea it was emotional.

Same with 'lump in throat' syndrome - I thought I had some kind of tumor in my throat several years ago, but googled 'lump in throat' and discovered - yep, that's anxiety too.

I tend to experience physical symptoms, stomach problems, acid reflux, dizziness, tingling extremities - and I've learned that these are all signs of anxiety, even though I'm not aware of feeling anxious emotionally.

My anxiety is with behavior. I am outward with it and act out. I don't hold it in like most people do which is why they get psyical symptoms so that is why anxiety never describes me when I read about it. I also stim during anxiety too. It also affects my functioning. I don't know if it's the reason why I was more sensitive. I also know it affects how I process things and see things.

Anxiety is subjective and not quantifiable or can be measured with any certainty, therefore it's a question which won't have a definitive answer.

We will all react somewhat differently to the same situation. Whether or not someone's anxiety is better or worse in that situation is entirely driven from your own perspective.

Can NT have anxiety? Yes Is it different than yours? Yes. Is your's different from another person with Asperger's? Yes.