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  1. Sabrina

    Depression or Mental Health Problems 2017-09-11

    People with Asperger’s Syndrome are particularly vulnerable to mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. However, the inability of people with Asperger’s Syndrome to communicate feelings of disturbance, anxiety or distress can also mean that it is often very difficult to diagnose a...
  2. ErinH

    Aspies in Work

    Hi everyone, I work full-time and have done so since university (and worked part-time before uni), with the occasional year-or-two gap due to mental health difficulties (before I realised I could be aspie). I have always hated working in the sense that I can never seem to release myself from...
  3. As sweet as-pie

    Job Interview - Anxiety about new places

    Hi all, I have my first ever job interview tomorrow. At first I was very socially anxious about it, but then I worked out which angle to go for and have been practising questions so I'm not as worried about that anymore. I'm confident that I'll be able to answer most things. Usually with...
  4. EagleKey7

    Hello! I'm a newbie to Asperger's.

    I'm a noob. I planned on starting a youtube channel before I found out about being an aspie. While I know some of my personal struggles and some adventures I'd like to take people on is there anything any of you would suggest as a way to engage and help people. I'm disabled currently and need to...
    • EagleKey7
    • Thread
    • adhd anxiety asperger's autism depression mental health ocd ptsd ptsd; asperger's; rad tourette syndrome
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself
  5. Sabrina

    I need your comments in kids' anxiety

    In this case I am not referring to the classical social anxiety, nor the anxiety to talk in front of a public. I'm talking about sudden fear of a situation that in the eyes of most people is totally normal. I want to expose two cases: my nephew, 13 years old, he is the typical kid that knows...
  6. Bolletje

    Being me is exhausting sometimes.

    Time for another update! I'm nearing the end of this internship, and nearing the end of my time as a student. This fall, I'll have my medical license. I can't wait for the moment I finally get to call myself a doctor. Things are looking up, I'm getting great performance reviews and I get tons of...
    • Bolletje
    • Blog entry
    • 3 min read
    • anxiety job applications self acceptance social skills
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: General
  7. Sheogorath

    Not capable of being in a relationship

    I have never been in a relationship before. I've had feelings for people and people have had feelings for me; but I either suppress my own feelings or turn people down who show interest in me. And the weird thing is that I do want a relationship, it's just that I see it as this vague...
  8. ariannegarcia

    autism anxiety and alexithymia

    I had a panic attack the other day, and I tried to work through it. I wrote about how I was "feeling" and this is my understanding of my experience <3 I Need A Break: Autism, Anxiety, and Alexithymia
  9. Jorg

    Quiting Facebook

    Well, as the title says I want to quit Facebook for good, although it offers me the chance of connecting with friends in theory it just never happends in real life. I just unnistalled the app from my phone and plan to block it from my router. Making a quick search I found a couple of...
  10. Tyrantus1212

    Managing Anxieties - the FLOAT Method

    Hello everyone. My name is Mike and my psychologist thinks I have Asperger's. I initially went to him to inquire about my terrible anxieties, which I have been struggling with for many years. At the same time, I told him about everything else, that I'm just feeling different and fighting...
  11. Bolletje

    Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?

    I'm anxious today. My short holiday is coming to an end, and tomorrow marks the day I'll be starting my final internship before graduating med school. I've been very excited about this, but ever so insidiously, The Fear started creeping in over the past few days. Maybe it's because I've been...
    • Bolletje
    • Blog entry
    • 2 min read
    • anxiety aspergers graduating plans retry university
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: General
  12. C

    Questioning my Aspergers

    if I do have Aspergers it was completely missed as a child. I was quiet and odd, apparently. I can't get officially diagnosed. The only person who has ever taken me seriously is my therapist. My family are clueless on how not to invalidate me and my OCD (officially diagnosed) is off the charts...
  13. AGXStarseed

    The last thing that panicked/scared you...

    Some things in life can get us in a bit of a panic or outright scare us. In this thread, post about something that recently panicked or scared you - whether it be a scene from a movie/tv show, a situation that took place or even just your mind analysing potential scenarios, etc. To start us...
    • AGXStarseed
    • Thread
    • anxiety fire frightened panicked scared worried
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Off Topic
  14. C

    the OCD monster

    hi, is there anyone else here who is autistic/ has Aspergers and also has OCD?
  15. Jorg

    The physical consequences of my stress and anxiety

    I tought it could be of some help for someone, or just to tell my story. I have 27 years old and since (I guess) a year ago I've started to feel different, I've always been stressed and axious but it wasn't until that time I started to change, first my good heart, humble and loving started to...
  16. Chris Russell (The Talentless Liar) Blog

    The feeling is Mutual

    I have lived for many years with the unshakable and certain knowledge that I was alone. That no-one would ever truly understand my world, my experience, my truth. For two weeks now, I have been rather off balance - my certainty has disappeared and normality has yet to return, because return it...
    • Chris Russell
    • Blog entry
    • 2 min read
    • anxiety aspie friendship misunderstandings misunderstood mutuality relationships social communication ta 101 transactional analysis
    • Category: General
  17. Naturalist

    Can't deal with computers??

    Hello, I have been absent for a long time, in part because of this problem which is getting worse all the time. I cannot deal with computers, internet, email, etc. It is information overload and too much to sift through. Just looking at it paralyzes me. In the case of email, everyone is...
  18. Hedgehog Instigator

    The double meltdown

    This is starting to become common with the current boyfriend. We're both diagnosed. When he starts having stimulus issues he gets very talkative and tells me all the things I'm doing to trigger him. The onslaught of information paired with its negative nature triggers me. So I have a meltdown...
  19. Jorg

    Help. I'm becoming more anxious and angry everyday

    Welp, I need help I guess, for years I've felt the good inside me has decreased day after day and now I can't stand to be around people. I feel very frustrated and cynic with the years. As some of you know I'm an engineering student, it is said that the one I'm taking (electronic) is one of the...
  20. selfhatetoselflove

    Unexpected change is the worst

    I was supposed to go to a riding lesson this morning, but the barn is 1-2 hours away by trains without a car. I have a big anxiety about this commute every time I visit there, but as I heard that it would rain later today, the anxiety got HUGE. I couldn't go to a riding lesson. I am very very...
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