COMORBIDITY

COMORBITY: THE CONDITION OF HAVING TWO OR MORE CONDITIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

FOR INSTANCE ITS NOT UNUSUAL FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO ALSO HAVE ADHD OR OTHER NEURODIVERGENY TRAITS.

HOWEVER, GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)

IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CONDITIONS THAT OCCURS COMORBIDLY WITH OTHER DISORDERS.

GAD IS A LONG-TERM CONDITION THAT CAN MAKE YOU FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF SITUATIONS AND ISSUES, RATHER THAN ONE SPECIFIC EVENT.

NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE OFTEN LIVE WITH AN ANXIETY DISORDER AS A CONSTANT BY-PRODUCT OF THEIR EVERYDAY STRUGGLES.

FOR EXAMPLE, , MANY AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH ADHD EXPERIENCE HIGH LEVELS OF ANXIETY. RESEARCH VARIES BUT IT IS THOUGHT THAT AROUND 40-50% OF AUTISTIC/ ADHD INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ANXIETY.  

SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY FOR BOTH NEUROTYPICAL AND NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE CAN INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

FEELING RESTLESS OR ON EDGE

BEING IRRITABLE

GETTING TIRED EASILY

HAVING DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING OR FEELING YOUR MIND GO BLANK

HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING TO SLEEP OR STAYING ASLEEP

HAVING TENSE MUSCLES

A CHURNING FEELING IN YOUR STOMACH

A FAST, THUMPING OR IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT

FASTER BREATHING

SWEATING OR HOT FLUSHES

NAUSEA

PANIC ATTACKS

FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE, FOR INSTANCE, DIFFICULT SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND SENSORY ENVIRONMENTS CAN INCREASE STRESS AND ANXIETY. ALSO A SENSE OF BEING MISUNDERSTOOD AND/OR NOT ACCEPTED BY NON-AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO ‘FIT IN’ AND NOT BE SEEN AS DIFFERENT, CAN CAUSE AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO MASK LEADING TO INCREASED ANXIETY.

BUT WHETHER NEUROTYPICAL OR NEURODIVERGENT,

ANXIETY CAN BE CRIPPLING.

COMBINE THIS WITH PLANNING AND ORGANISING A WEDDING AND THINKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL DAY ITSELF AND IT CAN FEEL LIKE A UNSURMOUNTABLE TASK. HERE AT YOUR WEDDINGOLOGY WE WANT ALL COUPLES TO FEEL OPEN TO DISCUSS THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL STORIES IN A SAFE AND UNDERSTANDING SPACE. SO IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY AND IT IS PUTTING FURTHER PRESSURE ON DURING THE LEAD UP TO YOUR WEDDING THE SUPPLIERS ON THIS SITE ARE HERE TO HELP.