Need for empathy in Asperger's

The answer to your second question is yes.

People do want empathy from others.  And indulge in behaviour to try to get it.   This can take many forms of attention seeking behaviour and includes suicide attempts.

Yes, indeed. One of the great things about finding communities such as this is "finally, someone understands & I'm not alone!". I'm working up to a post about my own attention seeking behaviours, which itself risks being attention seeking, but maybe I'm not going to overanalyse that.

If you're talking from personal experience re suicide attempts, I hope you're in a better place now? I've been close btw.

Yes, indeed. One of the great things about finding communities such as this is "finally, someone understands & I'm not alone!". I'm working up to a post about my own attention seeking behaviours, which itself risks being attention seeking, but maybe I'm not going to overanalyse that.

If you're talking from personal experience re suicide attempts, I hope you're in a better place now? I've been close btw.

Re: my attempts.  No they were not a way of seeking empathy or sympathy from others.

I actually meant it.  Unfortunately the more tablets I took, the more difficult it became because of nausea.