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    My life is falling apart and I am walking towards death

    Don't take my words as gospel - I'm probably just as confused if not even more confused than you. I've been feeling seriously depressed for just over a year. Just recently I was thinking maybe I need a woman in my life. But then I remembered the times I was close but things didn't work out...
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    I’m an Alcoholic!

    I actually bit the bullet and called up my local drug and alcohol service. But when I described my usage pattern even the person was saying it didn't seem to work with their treatment plans - it seems their service was only there for persons who need a drink and cannot stop. I can stop very...
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    Hyperfocus

    I was thinking it was something great that came from ASD - ability to concentrate vary hard to crack problems noone else could. But then it has been pointed out how this ability has also held me back in life. I can get fixated on a project and life just passes me by. But often this ability...
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    I’m an Alcoholic!

    That's where I seem to be a bit different. I can speak to people but it's only after a few drinks I start to connect to people and either just have a laugh or end up having deep insightful conversations or even switch between fun and meaningful stuff. I will admit this is where I am stuck -...
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    Baffled 40 Year Old

    Thanks everyone. Unfortunately going down rabbit holes is what I'm a bit worried about. In last few years, sometimes I've started reading up on forums a little bit and gone deep down rabbit holes, but then I've thought without any professional opinions on how I am affected, it is very easy for...
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    I’m an Alcoholic!

    Funnily enough some of that seems to align with a bit of what I was thinking. I didn't realise I was that much affected by ASD until very recently (without help from any doctors). I'm just starting to understand and accept ASD, and it seems like I almost need to rebuild a new identity. But I...
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    I’m an Alcoholic!

    I had been thinking of approaching the issue that way - if I try to find a new set of friends without alcohol, then that could help. But then I looked hard at myself and realised without alcohol I don't really socialise well. So if I do try to find new friends they will probably get bored about...
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    (UK) Has anyone really been helped by the NHS

    My catch is I am willing to put in the work but I have no idea what to do. Without professional help, I can just fall in a pit of self diagnosing. I've spent my whole life probably on the wrong path. I want to be on the right path this time but I have no idea what it is.
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    (UK) Has anyone really been helped by the NHS

    I was diagnosed Atypical Autism in 2016, still on the never ending waiting list to be seen. But I am wondering what are other people's experiences? Did getting seen by people actually help? After 7 years of begging for mental health support, I did get a few sessions with a regular (none ASD)...
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    I’m an Alcoholic!

    I've been thinking a lot about this recently. I can go a long time without a drink, went about 2 years not drinking. But if I don't drink I don't socialise. If I try and socialise without alcohol I don't speak much outside my interests, and I might not speak much at all. But after a few...
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    Baffled 40 Year Old

    Hi Everyone. I had always felt something was up with me and read a little about Asperger's Syndrome but never really bothered. I then had a stroke in 2015, wasn't the worst but has some issues and a nurse had asked if I suffered so I asked to be diagnosed. Was diagnosed in 2016 but it was...
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