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Recent content by Prince Aspien
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Chronic depression.
Hi, When I heard descriptions of depression around 20 years ago I realised they were talking about my entire childhood. I'm currently on amitryptiline (an old tricylic with terrible side effects so I don't recommend it). I had a new bout this month but what is interesting for me (and I hope...- Prince Aspien
- Post #43
- Forum: Friends, Family & Social Skills
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PTSD: Runaway trigger sensitization effect?
yes to the suggestions of mindfulness training. Recently I concluded most of my experience was flashbacks. It was only after staying in London for study that I realised my later night terrors were memories of staying in the London accommodation. I wonder if the night terrors I've had for the...- Prince Aspien
- Post #11
- Forum: PDD-NOS, Social Anxiety and Others
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Catastrophising; it's all going to go wrong and everything will be ruined.
We moved recently and my main worry was bad neighbours. In my PhD I call this trait "hiD", meaning D for dissociating into a future self who is having a terrible time! I did it yesterday when I couldn't pay for a hotel room I thought I had booked. My wife said "calm down, calm down, you are not...- Prince Aspien
- Post #21
- Forum: General Autism Discussion
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AS and codependency - anyone any experience?
Hi all, I find the co-dependency issue one of the most interesting, and of course complex, in autism research. I found it a few months ago, the C-word (!), in a long list of Aspergers "phenomenon". This blew my mind, as I had been struggling with it in my family for some time but had never...- Prince Aspien
- Post #6
- Forum: General Autism Discussion
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PhD researcher interested in medicine, brains, society, philosophy, creative writing, the...
PhD researcher interested in medicine, brains, society, philosophy, creative writing, the multiverse!- Prince Aspien
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