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[Eddy]

Hello. I recently learned about Aspergers. Researching about it is really freeing because it explains so much about me,
so i just wanted to see if i can find others like me to learn maybe how they go about life...

 

[Raggamuffin]

Welcome aboard. I felt quite liberated when I first learnt about the spectrum as well. Similarly with ADHD too.

We need one more Ed and then we've completed the set/pun.

Ed

 

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[VictorR]

Welcome!

Like many, I've turned reading about others experiences (and research on the topic in general) into a special interest.

 

[Eddy]

I feel like...one of the ways im different from everyone is not only that i barely talk but on the outside i look always sad. Like i just dont have the energy to talk or look normal and happy.

 

[kityoume]

I feel like...one of the ways im different from everyone is not only that i barely talk but on the outside i look always sad. Like i just dont have the energy to talk or look normal and happy.

Welcome!

maybe you really don’t have the strength because you have depression, like many people with autism

 

[Rodafina]

Hello and welcome! There’s so much to learn here, I hope it is helpful for you. Let us know if you need any help finding your way around the forum and feel free to ask questions.

 

[Shevek]

I live life on a student budget (old school) and work on the research I'm best suited for. My "day job" could be summed up as "extra odd jobs" - the ones it was hard to find anyone willing to try. I live by the Golden Rule, and it was a big shock to find out I could still get in trouble, because others didn't always want the kind of treatment I did.

 

[Eddy]

Welcome!

maybe you really don’t have the strength because you have depression, like many people with autism

But then my life is okay so what do i have to be depressed about?
And then i feel like what if im not autistic im just depressed or something else, i dont know Exactly whats up with me and i dont know who to turn to who can tell me. Cause ive already been to many psychologists...none of them seem truly professional to be able to figure out whats up with me...

 

[Rodafina]

Confusion was the name of the game for me for a long while. Stick around and hang out with us and I imagine you will gain understanding. Whichever way the answer lead you, you will likely be better off learning as much as you can.

 

[Eddy]

Confusion was the name of the game for me for a long while. Stick around and hang out with us and I imagine you will gain understanding. Whichever way the answer lead you, you will likely be better off learning as much as you can.

Thank you. I hope i do learn more here.

 

[Shevek]

When I was unreasonably depressed I asked my counselor to talk me out of it. She replied that she wasn't smart enough to reason with me, which was a very helpful revelation. I had always assumed that people with social skills were smart in other ways, which was a big mistake. She also told me about "depressive realism." It is considered healthy to be irrationally optimistic, because without that, we are never quick enough to take advantage of fleeting opportunities.

 

[kityoume]

But then my life is okay so what do i have to be depressed about?
And then i feel like what if im not autistic im just depressed or something else, i dont know Exactly whats up with me and i dont know who to turn to who can tell me. Cause ive already been to many psychologists...none of them seem truly professional to be able to figure out whats up with me...

depression can be just like a chemical process in the brain, with no external causes, no problems in your life. Or perhaps there are reasons, it's just that you evaluate your life as "okay" from the point of view of most people, but this is not good for you personally. Perhaps from the outside you live the life of other people's dreams, but deep down you would like something completely different, but you drown out these feelings because you have guilt in front of a society that wants to live like you

 

[Shevek]

The brain does run on chemistry, but the drug companies are not actually very successful at tinkering with it. I don't have time for the whole rant today, but I think that about 95% of the benefits claimed for antidepressants are actually from other causes, while the related harms are from them.