# Daily Updates 2 #

Thank you. I have been on Twitter for a while and got over 6.6k followers on there and got used to helping autistic people on there. It's nice to also be able to join a forum and also help autistic people on here.

Welcome AutisticPb

I have finished my last ever GCSE exam today and I have joined the NAS Online Community forum after getting a recommendation via email from the NAS to join.

Great news - glad it went well. Similar experience for me (my manager who "got" me left on promotion so I'm having to start over with the current bunch who are pretty hard work).

Hope things continue to go well for you.

Ladybird said:

you’ve got house, you’ve got family, husband, job - why aren’t you happy? You’ve got everything

I may be misreading the context (direct questioning can work) but that's seems a pretty useless GP if they left you in a worse state.

Ladybird said:

I’m so ungrateful, weak and negative person.

You are none of those things. 

https://www.scarlettcurtis.com/book

(not spam, a book I brought on sale a few years ago and found really helpful - recommended). 

Me, three!

I noticed too but I wasn't aware of any 'situation' hope he's all good

my team are flat out. Developers are tired. This tester is knackered.   We are on the final product. Previous product is out and immediately in use  top secret stuff  . We are also looking for a new developer ASAP ( java ).  Must be a teamplayer able to work with others. Working from home until COVID goes away.

I've been in two minds whether to post this as prefer to stay on the periphery but I haven't seen Plastic on the forum for a while. I understood his situation, but just wanted to say he hasn't been forgotten about.

aidie :)

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Currently awake watching the two episodes of elementary I recorded earlier as my brain won't let me go to sleep unless I watch them :) 

I stayed in all day because of the rain.  Later  I spent three hours on the online C programming course.

Now I intend to watch the BBC1 program ( subnormal) at 9pm about the the special schools of the 1960s and 70s.

I spent a year in the 70s in a special school due to my behaviour problems and missing normal school for months.  So this is very relevant to me.

I had another long sleep, from 1 am to 11:30 am. Then I was grumpy throughout the day. After heading out of a shop, a gust of wind blew away my visor. I did get it, in the end, but felt shameful.

A former Geography Teacher of mine passed away this morning. I bought a Mass Card for him, and posted it in the nick of time for today's mail collection. Timed it well.

The Estate Agent will push the vendor, on my behalf, for the bungalow I want to buy. But I'll be viewing a house next Thursday evening if all goes pear shaped.

Kudos to your surgery.

Northern Ireland has the longest waiting times in the UK, but we're generally free of the issues in Britain.

I couldn’t focus at work, talked to one person at work and she helped me with the work and helped to calm me down. My GP is back on Monday and I’m going to contact her and see what she thinks. Maybe I’ll increase the dose as well. I feel very fragile. 

zen buddhism works really well for me as well.  Counselling just bounced of my autistic mind it is just too tough.

Having those kinds of thoughts is absolutely nothing to do with what you have and don't have. It's a frickin pain in the *** when people who have absolutely no fucking clue about mental health use that kind of line and assume it's of any use to anyone. It makes me so mad!!!!

Counselling is an excellent tool and it's worth doing. They can help you to pick everything apart and get to the root of the problem. There is no shame in it and it can give you some excellent perspective to help you understand your own mind that little bit better. 

If at all possible message your GP, tell them what has happened and also inform them of your decision regarding the counselling. There are plenty of brilliant resources that you can use while you wait, (Buddhism works very well for me) but the most important thing is to understand that you are worth far more than the moron who judged you without knowing your history. Life is complicated. Sometimes, you need someone to help you to clear a path through.

sorry u feel so bad ----- --yes he was trying to quickly help ---- u can talk to people here via the PM system if there is someone u trust. I listen to 2-3 people in here. i get things wrong for sure, everyone i talk to is different but i can help suicidals that dont get on with standard therapy counsellor's etc 

Asking why you aren't happy and telling you why you should be is literally the worst thing to say! Gps can be hopeless with mental health.