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depression

  1. Bolletje

    New beginnings, or something like that.

    It's been a while since my last blog post, and not without reason. My last post was in June, when I was gradually increasing my dosage of lithium while following a treatment program for anxiety. However, instead of becoming more stable, I was rapidly becoming more depressed, as well as...
    • Bolletje
    • Blog entry
    • 3 min read
    • bereavement bipolar disorder depression therapy work
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: General
  2. S

    Im not sure how long i can keep going. Can someone please give me advice

    Im not really sure how to ask what i want to. I am a 22 year old male that lives in the UK and believes he has autism and has been on the waiting list for nearly 8 months. For nearly all my life ive suffered from depression and sucidal thoughts but over the past 8 months it has got to the point...
  3. KillerMidget

    Please help me, I desperately need help!!!

    Hi Everyone, I haven't been here very long but this site and all of you have provided me with so much support and insight and I am so grateful to have found my way here. I'm in serious trouble. Despite the tremendous amount of effort I have put into doing my job, I have finally messed up...
  4. 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
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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: Autism
  20. 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...
    • allan619
    • Blog entry
    • 4 min read
    • anxiety asd asperger syndrome autism depression
    • Category: Autism
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