Published on 12, July, 2020
I've hardly been outside in the last 6 months and some things like getting things repaired or the doctors, i've not been to in 5 years depsite needing to have things seen to or repaired. I'm aware of why I don't want to go outside or interact, but am someahtw blocked at addressing the issue. I don't have anyone I can turn to for help in this matter. Has anyone had similar experience an dhow did you overcome them/it please ? Thaks
I feel for you and identify. I also spends months on end not going out and avoiding social life in particular. Although because i am that way myself i don't really know how to help. I just wanted to say hello.
Yes, it's a predicament, isn't it. Hello to you too. There's only so many times one can't put your hand into a fire before you've no appetite for it or no hand left. Burns hurt more whilst they heal than the initial contact, and there's the inevitable change that occurs. It's funny that if the Doctors surgery had a physical obstacle course in order to access the reception then there would be uproar, but yet they have automatic doors, reserved seating, ramps instead of steps.
Wow. I badly need to go to the doctors too. Need tests carried out. For me it started with social anxiety due to the pain of my failed interactions. I got into my mind that i needed a break from all the socializing and everything that comes with it. But then it became months and months and then years. To be honest i've spent most of my life avoiding social interactions. Around the age of 30 i decided i needed to go out there. Needed to push myself. After three years of pushing i'd had enough and went back to my old self. So now i have my autism, my mental health and physical health all toxically interacting with each other and leaving me an exhausted wreck. An attractive friend i've met online wants to meet me in April and i even see that as a negative because i won't be able to go! Not unless i sort myself out completely in 2 or 3 months.I said to her "at least i'm still alive"