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  1. Accepting Autism

    Accepting Autism

    I found out I have autism almost two years ago. I was halfway in the process of getting my degree in university (year 2 of 4). Recently I have graduated and I'm on summer break right now. I start working in September. I did not take the time in the past two years to learn to accept that I have...
    • AmbitiousGirl
    • Blog
    • anxiety depression self acceptance
    • Blog entries: 1
  2. SimplyWandering

    Super sad and feeling alone... so I made some chocolate chip cookies

    So yesterday I got really sad because I thought about what it was like to be that odd one out. You know where you are in a group of people supposedly friends , but the only reason you got invited up to the bbq or party was because you happened to be around the people at the time . That...
  3. Artemis

    Trying to understand how best to support my undiagnosed ASD/PDA partner

    Hello. I'm new here. I've read the forums many times during bad bouts with my partner, but today I finally decided I need to stop fooling myself and accept that this is real and that I need real help and perspective. My story and questions are intricate, so I think I'm going to post in a few...
  4. BrokenBoy

    Has anyone else experience a Truman Show-esque effect because of their Autism?

    I remember once saying in another thread that being autistic honestly isn't that different than personality disorders. The reason that I said that is because how autism can truly warp someone's perspective of reality not unlike some personality disorders or even psychotic disorders. Up until I...
  5. Pinkie B

    Some psych exam quizzes suck

    Hi All. Just need to rant here. I'm doing research on Learned Optimism - the cognitive behavioral technique by Martin Seligman in the hopes that I can help my boyfriend work through some of his anxiety. It has some exercises in it that I've done and they're pretty helpful. Along the way I found...
  6. B

    Depressed Aspie

    Hello all, I joined because I want to know what I can do to fix my depression, or at least manage it. It keeps getting worse, and I am starting to feel quite overwhelmed with it. I've been able to function with my Aspergers for a lot of my life, managed to get an eduction, used to have a good...
  7. My Story

    My Story

    I was diagnosed 6 months ago with ASD. I am 36 years old. I was married very young and have a son. I was with my husband for 14 years and eventually I fell apart and we got divorced and my whole life changed. I had never been on my own before and the stress of change made me get worse. I...
    • Lunafay
    • Blog
    • agoraphobia asperbergers autism depression ect gad mental illness ocd shock treatments social anxiety
  8. Lunafay

    Misdiagnosed and Over Treated

    I was diagnosed with ASD about 6 months ago and it's the first diagnosis that has made sense to me. I was previously diagnosed with Major Depression, OCD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Agoraphobia. I was put on 12 different medications and under went 67 ECT treatments and couldn't function...
  9. Jason Aull

    Often just existing

    My name is Jason Aull. I live in a group home In Lebanon Tennessee. I have Aspergers, bipolar and have been diagnosed with schizoid-affective. Currently I Take an SSRI and an antipsychotic. I do not like taking Psychotropics but I am forced if not heavily coerced into taking them. My mom wrote a...
  10. 19maddie94

    He said he needs space

    Thank you everyone.
    • 19maddie94
    • Thread
    • adhd anxiety anxiety attacks autism boyfriend depression girlfriend help panic attack relationship
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself
  11. L

    Take part in this study: Studying the impact of depression on quality of life for adults

    Calling all adults (18 years and over) with ASD! Would you like to take part in research? I am a Master’s student and as part of my dissertation project I am conducting a study on the impact of depression on quality of life for autistic adults. This will involve completing an online survey...
  12. wyverary

    Sad, Sad Songs

    Whether it's music to accompany a recent breakup, or to play at a funeral, or to convert your mood from Euphoric-Party Mode to Now-I-just-want-to-die-in-a-rainy-gutter-clutching-an-empty-bottle-of-cheap-bourbon Mode, or if it's just something that for whatever reason brings tears to your eyes...
  13. texkag

    Carer crisis

    Is anyone her in a caring role? I care for my wife who has two autoimmune disorders, fibromyalgia and a recently diagnosed blood clot. Right now her knee has little cartilage left in it and she is virtually immobile as a result. Both of my children are teenagers on the autistic spectrum (both...
    • texkag
    • Thread
    • caring depression isolation social anxiety
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Off Topic
  14. Mathophobe

    Depressed About Still Being a Virgin

    I'm twenty-two and I've never had sex. Still being a virgin is a frequent source of distress for me. Sometimes I get so depressed over it that I can't function, which is especially problematic since I'm a college student. It makes me feel like such a beta loser. I've been told not to give the...
  15. Mathophobe

    I Think I've Become a Gynophobe

    The title pretty much says it all. I've been a hopeless romantic since I was a little kid, but every girl I've ever tried to get to know has either rejected me or flaked on me. In recent years, I've developed a deep-seated fear of not only women but females in general, even those of animals and...
  16. allan619

    Undiagnosed - Part Eight

    Special Interests I guess one of the main reasons I have some doubts about having AS is that I don’t seem to have a special interest. I would love to have one actually but I don’t have the attention to stick to any one thing. When I was younger I was really interested in computers, I used to get...
    • allan619
    • Blog entry
    • 4 min read
    • anxiety asd asperger syndrome autism depression
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
  17. allan619

    Undiagnosed - Part Seven

    Sarcasm I can often recognise when people are being sarcastic and my main issues are in my inability to respond appropriately to sarcastic comments. However this does not mean that I always recognise it, I can think of a couple of examples of when I got confused. The first is a comment that was...
  18. allan619

    Undiagnosed - Part Six

    Empty Head Empty headedness is something that happens to me whenever somebody attempts to engage me in a social conversation. I can get passed the initial “hello” and “how are you” but then it’s like my brain just freezes and there seems to be nothing in my head, absolutely nothing. The...
  19. allan619

    Undiagnosed - Part Five

    Pattern Finder I remember counting the stripes on the wallpaper on my walls, but not just counting them, I would see the pattern of three thick stripes followed by one thin stripe and then it would be repeated. It would frustrate me if I got to the end of the wall and it ended in way which...
  20. allan619

    Undiagnosed - Part Four

    Asperger Traits that I can relate to. Sensory overload This is something that I have experienced on a few occasions, mostly it’s auditory overload. There has been times when I’ve had to ask somebody “is it loud in here”? Which is confusing because you would think that somebody would know if...
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