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  1. L

    How can I accept my diagnose and stop masking?

    TRIGGER WARNING: depression, OCD, anxiety, suicide thoughts. Hello. It'll be a little long, sorry for my broken english: I was diagnosed last november. The process took almost eight months. I was already going to a psycologist since 11 years old and to a psychiatrist, since 15 years. I have...
    • Louie
    • Thread
    • anxiety anxiety & fear depression fear guilt help masking ocd suicidal thoughts
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Help and Support
  2. Mars26

    Talking about friend

    Tell me is it wrong to confide in a friend about problems with another friend? Of course, I'm talking about real things that he did, not fictional ones. Because my friend broke our relationship because friend I confide in told him that I was badmouthing him. She didn't tell him this when I first...
  3. Markness

    Suffering from another depression attack

    I’ve been suffering from another depression attack. I feel anhedonia in regards to things I normally find enjoyment in. I have stacks of books I’ve either bought or rented from the library I have yet to read and I don’t even touch any of my video game consoles. I barely listen to music anymore...
  4. UncomfortablyNumb

    Old Aspie, New Member

    Hi Fellowe Forum Folke, Just found this forum, and I'm liking what I see. 67 year old retired male. Issues (among others) are major clinical depression, alexithymia, high-functioning Asperger's, and most likely schizoid personality disorder (with a lot of borderline tossed in as well.) MCD...
    • UncomfortablyNumb
    • Thread
    • alexithymia borderline personality disorder depression high-functioning autism schizoid personality disorder
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Introduce Yourself
  5. UberScout

    Days in my Life

    So last night my mother and little sister and I went to Food Lion to do some grocery shopping. I'm pretty tough when it comes to anxiety at the store, usually anyway, but for whatever reason last night we were halfway done shopping when without any warning, I started feeling just like I do when...
    • UberScout
    • Thread
    • altered state/past lives/starseed anxiety & panic being emotional binaural beats boredom depression family life schizoaffective ups & downs
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Off Topic
  6. Xonolatio.

    My entire family hates my aspie brother...

    Hi, people. I am new in this site so here's my story. Oh, yeah, I want you to know that I'm not autistic, but my brother is. He is my older brother (he's 26) and we live with our mother, our grandparents and other two siblings. The thing is that he's not mentally well. He is suffering so i am...
  7. Jorg

    Stomach acid/reflux drugs may cause depression & my experience

    Hello everyone, I hope you feel fine. First of all, if you take any of this kind of stomach drugs you may want to ask your doctor. I started to take over-the-counter drugs for treating reflux/heartburn/stomach acid/GERD around 2 months ago. I have read some papers but never took them serious...
  8. T

    Poverty of Verbal Thought and Brain Blockage

    As someone with a history documented more in the realm of mental illness, it's sometimes hard for me to dissect the point where symptoms of mood disorder (among others) end and neurodivergence potentially begins. Some background: I've stated before that I don't have an official diagnosis for...
    • The Q
    • Thread
    • auditory processing issues autism symptoms communication issues depression questioning thought poverty verbal processing
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: General Autism Discussion
  9. homo_aspien

    Expressing how I feel through poem

    Take that boulder of my shoulder. Roll it down the hill, set free my will to live. Understandig is enough, no word, no judge. Warm embrace, love entrance. Just let me be, me.
  10. M

    Misunderstandings

    Up until last year, I thought people treated me poorly because I was different. I blamed them for making me feel worse. I tried hard to act normal but I wasn't perfect and still got criticized. Since I couldn't change how people treated me, I thought there was nothing I could do about it. The...
    • Matthias
    • Thread
    • anxiety autism autistic core beliefs depression emotions feelings masking misunderstandings thinking patterns
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: General Autism Discussion
  11. M

    Alexithymia (trouble identifying and describing emotions)

    WHAT IS ALEXITHYMIA? Alexithymia refers to trouble identifying and describing emotions. Most people learn about emotions from their parents. If your parents did not teach you about emotions or adequately respond to your emotional distress when you were a child, you may have trouble understanding...
    • Matthias
    • Blog entry
    • 3 min read
    • alexithymia anxiety autism beliefs cbt depression emotions feelings self esteem stress
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
  12. M

    Replacing Unhelpful Beliefs with More Accurate and Helpful Beliefs

    INTRODUCTION Your beliefs and thoughts about yourself and others influences your emotions and how you feel. Negative or inaccurate beliefs can make you feel worse, make bad decisions, avoid people, and result in depression or anxiety. Learning to form more accurate and helpful beliefs can help...
    • Matthias
    • Blog entry
    • 5 min read
    • anxiety autism beliefs cbt cognitive distortions depression examples social skills thinking patterns thoughts
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
  13. AngelaS267

    Started My Medication This Week.

    I started my medication, and I feel very proud of myself that I finally am working on getting myself help after years of dealing with anxiety and depression. I got the medication a while ago but for some reason I got anxiety about taking them. You realize how much is going to change when you use...
  14. K

    DIAGNOSIS OF FAMILY MEMBER:

    Hi I'm very new to this website however I wanted to know peoples experiences with being diagnosed as a female or a family member being diagnosed? How hard did you find the experience? Also if it's a family member - how is it having an older sibling with Aspergers? Or being an older sibling with...
    • KateH21
    • Thread
    • aspergers diagnosis depression diagnosis family aspergers mpd multiple personality disorder ocd sister aspergers
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: General Autism Discussion
  15. Matthew Behnke

    My parents are never honest about what I dream

    I feel constantly my autism, OCD, depression, ADHD made it worse but my parents too, they know I have a dream to learn language and go to target country of it but downplay my relationship as if the girl I liked didn't really get me to where I was, but I kind of feel that way, because I feel as...
  16. Matthew Behnke

    I really want to die

    I feel like I was secretly depressed the whole time I was on my path, and I cried all the time because of my OCD, anxiety, due to the fact it was too much, when I did nothing in my life, I just ignored it because I did not see meaning in life, but when I did, and my parents said I was a...
  17. Sir Bedlam

    Struggling with motivation? Is this just my depression?

    Hello all, I struggle a lot with motivation. I know my depression ties into this as well, but I feel so disconnected and demotivated, almost all the time. Especially the past few years. It's a lot harder for me to be creative these days. Does anyone else here have the same problem? Is lack of...
  18. GadAbout

    Uh-oh ... going down,down,down

    I'm getting short tempered, lethargic, teary. I don't like this trend. I'm already on antidepressants and already see a therapist. Early winter here, lots of family problems, I probably try to do too much. Maybe I don't need to do anything, just watch and see how this looks in a few days.
  19. 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
  20. 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...
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