In addition to repeated flashbacks, patients respond with intense fear and
hyperarousal, similar to that experienced during the original traumatic event, to the most inconsequential
sensory stimuli that by themselves pose no threat, such as the bamboo mat in the case of the US soldier described earlier.
«Because an overwhelming reaction to a slight sound or caress, or
hyperarousal to
sensory stimuli, could be common to different types of autism, and not just FXS,» he said.