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anxiety

  1. ASD_Geek

    Forced interaction at work

    I really don’t like forced interaction at work as I find it extremely overwhelming and exhausting. The organization where I work has quarterly, mandatory, team-building meetings that focus on our “core values”. While I understand the value of team building and understand the importance of...
  2. 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...
  3. Rebecca Merriam

    Socialy anxious, and maybe autistic

    I don't know where to begin. I've always been a bit off, when I was younger other kids my age have always thought I was "retarded", or super smart. I didn't like looking directly at other peoples faces, I'd fall over while standing still. When I was a teenager I self diagnosed myself as...
  4. sisselcakes

    NT/Aspie relationship- things I've learned about him and us

    Wanted to post this in the hopes it might be helpful to other NT's who are trying to navigate a relationship with someone on the spectrum. I see lots of NT's come on here looking for advice and information. These forums have been extremely helpful to me over the last few years. After four...
  5. 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
  6. 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...
  7. Misery

    Dealing with scares when home alone

    Okay, so this is one I've been through a few times. I'm home alone for a few days every now and then. Usually when the others head up to the lake house for a couple of days... if I dont feel like going with, I'm stuck here at the main house till they get back. Most of the time, I'm fine. But...
  8. J

    Seeking my own autistic confirmation.

    I am a 32 year old male who was recently diagnosed. My diagnosis occurred over 3 visitations to the doctor. The first was an introduction, the second a questionnaire for my wife and I regarding my behavior as well as an IQ test, and the third was the doctor's analysis of my personal behavior...
  9. Y

    Introducing yoja

    Hi I am a 32-yearold womn with high-functioning autism. I am queer (I have been dating a wonderful woman for the last 10 months). I am interseted in ancient wisdom, mythology, symbology and spirituality. I am Christian, but am looking to expand my spiritual practice so that i can found ways of...
    • Yoja
    • Thread
    • anxiety mythology religion spirituality symbology
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself
  10. shivas

    Hi, It's me.

    Hi everyone... so I'm here because i hope to find people who are similar to me and struggle with the same problems. I'm not sure about my psychic disorder..but i'm sure about me being different since i'm 4 years old. I never really felt being part of my family and i grow up with the illusion...
    • shivas
    • Thread
    • anxiety autism borderline doctor medical skin picking social communication
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself
  11. SimplyWandering

    Ever felt like you didn’t belong anywhere, but constantly want too...Then Come check this blog out

    Hi welcome to my ASD blog, which I am doing through videos on YouTube and photos on Instagram. YouTube.com TheFutureIsHOW TheFutureIsHOW Instagram: TheFutureIsHOW2 We will face everything from fear , to relationships (of All kinds), to cooking healthy, to enjoying life, and to understanding...
    • SimplyWandering
    • Blog
    • anxiety autism cooking food allergies living with autism neurotypical relationship
    • Blog entries: 2
  12. Joshua the Writer

    Can Anybody Else Relate to This Emoji?

    This emoji is called "Mild Panic" and was created by a Twitter user (shown in the original screenshot). It eventually was screenshotted and posted to Reddit where it got to the top of r/Me_IRL and a few other subreddits it fits in. As an Autistic, I can relate to this greatly. Can anybody else...
  13. Michael Balog

    Taking my life back from anxiety.

    This upcoming Saturday I am going to do something that I thought I would never ever do in my life even though I have thought about it and even picked out things I liked and wanted to get. I'm going to get my very first tattoo done this Saturday and part of me is anxious and scared another part...
  14. Jenisautistic

    Do you ever get nervous just to start something

    My aunt calls it anticipatory anxiety . When you’re starting something new do you ever get completely nervous and have a shut down or an anxiety attack Also does that happen to you and then you do the that you were going to start and you feel a lot better after For example I was really...
  15. F

    Hi from new Zealand. (trigger warning)

    Hi, my name is flora and I am 20. I finally got diagnosed at the end of last year after waiting 2 years in the public mental health system. My parents didn't have any idea about asd and I grew up knowing I didn't fit in but having no idea why, I developed alot of anxiety and depression trying to...
  16. Pinkie B

    Non-Attachment

    For years I've been experimenting with different religious/spiritual concepts in an attempt to free myself of the constant anxiety and ennui that has pervaded my life. For a while I experimented with mindfulness/yoga/buddhist meditation and the concept of non-attachment. As the theory goes, all...
  17. BlueSky Aozora

    Why Do You Feel/Have Anxiety?

    Hi, i would like to ask a stupid question.. Why people on the spectrum, especially aspies, always have anxiety? 24/7 anxiety? I'm not sure whether this analogy is suitable or not.. Is it like, MS-DOS (people on the spectrum) having trouble/burn-out because it's expected to perform like, for...
  18. C

    Does your child with Autism Spectrum Disorder experience anxiety or challenging behaviour?

    In the Irish Centre for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Research (ICAN), we are looking for parents of children between the ages of 3 – 18 years old with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who experience any of the above symptoms to take part in a study. If your child does not present with any of...
  19. C

    Does your child with Autism Spectrum Disorder experience anxiety or challenging behaviour?

    In the Irish Centre for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Research (ICAN), we are looking for parents of children between the ages of 3 – 18 years old with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who experience any of the above symptoms to take part in a study. If your child does not present with any of...
  20. ConqueringZero44

    Freezing and Advice..

    I've been freezing quite alot when there's too many people around me, i don't know why.. I don't know how. And i always have to fight myself to keep moving. My legs will sometimes freeze, my mind goes numb. Shopping is extremely difficult and i try and avoid the same people twice as i worry i'll...
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