in depression and like it is it weird?

[yael]

feel like I am finding the real me.

 

[Warmheart]

Yael, people with ASD can certainly get depressed, but perhaps you are in a shutdown?

A shutdown is a warm, fuzzy, foggy state, where we go internally to rest, recover, and begin to heal.
The brain can be overwhelmed by sensory sensitivities, social obligations, emotional dysregulation, and stress chemicals in the body build up, until the brain goes into an energy-save mode, like an electrical brown-out, which we call a shutdown.
This is a time for us to be quiet, recover, and build strength back up, slowly, without excess input. We may feel slow, foggy, blah. Sometimes, a shutdown isn't safe, because our awareness can be impacted.
But many times, a shutdown is natural for us, and we heal within it.

If you are depressed, or if you are in a shutdown, I hope you feel better soon.

 

[yael]

Yael, people with ASD can certainly get depressed, but perhaps you are in a shutdown?

A shutdown is a warm, fuzzy, foggy state, where we go internally to rest, recover, and begin to heal.
The brain can be overwhelmed by sensory sensitivities, social obligations, emotional dysregulation, and stress chemicals in the body build up, until the brain goes into an energy-save mode, like an electrical brown-out, which we call a shutdown.
This is a time for us to be quiet, recover, and build strength back up, slowly, without excess input. We may feel slow, foggy, blah. Sometimes, a shutdown isn't safe, because our awareness can be impacted.
But many times, a shutdown is natural for us, and we heal within it.

If you are depressed, or if you are in a shutdown, I hope you feel better soon.

you right im probly have shutdown and im indid feel slow,blah and even foggy,pretty much losing intrest in everything,hardly doing the little that is nessary like eat,drink or taik a bath and just dying inside,prefar it that way.
I admit I am not really looking to heal.

 

[On the Inside]

I have talked with my therapist about this, what may seem like depression. I seldom think of myself as depressed, though others have mistaken my "down time" as depression, so I wasn't certain. I also feel a sense of growing calm and clarity often in response to over-stimulation or stress. These periods have many times resulted in very valuable insights, ideas, decisions. As Warmheart said, they can be a time of healing.

 

[yael]

I have talked with my therapist about this, what may seem like depression. I seldom think of myself as depressed, though others have mistaken my "down time" as depression, so I wasn't certain. I also feel a sense of growing calm and clarity often in response to over-stimulation or stress. These periods have many times resulted in very valuable insights, ideas, decisions. As Warmheart said, they can be a time of healing.

hmm im still dont have a theapist and not even being dagnosied because all cind of personal resoans but have a social worker that taiked with me about use antidepressd and exspect my refuse not because side affacts actally but because i admit that its cind serve me in this point of my life as im not beliveing things will improves.
im still wating to be diagno but as u problly know its taking a lot of time.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

If you're having negative thoughts, losing interest in the things you love and general inability to properly take care of yourself then it's probably depression. You can't survive in a pit, you need to find positive outlets. It sounds like you're in a zero-sum sort of mindset so why not try an antidepressant? As long as you're not feeling suicidal.

 

[yael]

If you're having negative thoughts, losing interest in the things you love and general inability to properly take care of yourself then it's probably depression. You can't survive in a pit, you need to find positive outlets. It sounds like you're in a zero-sum sort of mindset so why not try an antidepressant? As long as you're not feeling suicidal.

muby i should i really dont know,its just i know that it is not going to solve my problems and i dont want to lie to mysalf any more,it is distroyed my life pretty good so whats the point any way.
i guss it is a way of inner sucide.

 

[Datura]

If you find the right medication then it isn't like suicide at all. The proper drug won't make you numb or even make you feel like a different person, it will give you controll.

You are right though, a drug on its own will not solve your problems on its own, but it will make those peoblems easier to deal with in the process of finding a solution.

 

[yael]

If you find the right medication then it isn't like suicide at all. The proper drug won't make you numb or even make you feel like a different person, it will give you controll.

You are right though, a drug on its own will not solve your problems on its own, but it will make those peoblems easier to deal with in the process of finding a solution.

sorry I meant the situoaction not the med,genarlly im not agenst just not see whats the point naw,cind lost energy to be the good girl I used to be mean allways do what was suppose to be done.
I am not gping to control anything but the everything will always control me.