When speed slows you down
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Donna Williams
Donna Williams is a consultant in the field of autism spectrum conditions, and an international best-selling author diagnosed with Autism, with nine books in the field of developmental 'disabilities' - her autobiography, Nobody Nowhere, its sequel Somebody Somewhere, plus others including Autism-An Inside-Out Approach, and The Jumbled Jigsaw.
By Donna Williams
Published on 10/26/2006
There
are many ways people slow down and the chronic use of speed is one of
them.
People slow down when they can’t sleep anymore, one of the first
side-effects of chronic use of speed, along with increased
irritability, emotional instability, a delusional feeling of
invincibility and equally the flat emotional ‘deadness’ of dysphoria,
panic attacks and eventually paranoia.