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Originally Posted by koutabex
it was like the traumatic event somehow bought to the surface alot of the Aspergers traits and characteristics that had been dormant up until that point or had been not as intense as they are now, so weren't noticed...the "after" person has alot of traits associated with Aspergers and also has PTSD whereas the "before" person had no detectable signs or obvious symptoms of Aspergers.
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I would think it is more like the traumatic event dissolved the masks previously hiding the Asperger traits and characteristics.
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| manic-depressive with psychotic tendencies (1977) | chronic alcoholism (1981) | Asperger burnout (2010) | mood disorder - nos / personality disorder - nos / generalized anxiety disorder (2011) | chronic back pain / peripheral neuropathy / partial visual impairment | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (incurable cancer) |
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