Published on 12, July, 2020
A friend of mine who is autistic was recently diagnosed with this.
I've read of others here in the past who have the diagnosis.
I've wondered if I have the disorder although I don't have the diagnosis.
When I was younger (around 30 years ago) I remember telling my GP that I felt 'locked into a state of anxiety' and that is when he put me onto antidepressants (again).
A few years later I saw a letter from the hospital which listed my medical conditions and it included anxiety.
This really bemused me as I thought anxiety was just an ordinary part of everyday life.
I believe that the disorder diagnosis is a fairly recently one (I must check that out).
I'm pretty certain that the anxiety will be closely tied into the challenges of being autistic and also I have undiagnosed OCD which is obviously anxiety based and have had this since I was a small child.
What do others think - do you have a diagnosis?
Do you become anxious in certain situations?
Or are you just anxious all the time?
My experience of generalised anxiety is a pervading sense of unease which doesn't abate. As stated below my experience is the underlying reasons are different to those of a neurotypical person. I can see how being in this state puts a slant on how thoughts and emotions are framed and projected. To the negative! Having been lucky to have a sustained period of calmer waters but now choppy again, has led me to the conclusion that we don't ever have a fixed state of being of anything. We are constantly in flux to ourselves and our surroundings. I'm also saying negative thoughts can be as a result of physical instability, (fight/flight) rather than the other way round.
The only way I can totally avoid anxiety is not interacting with others at all. But that's no life! I don't know if you feel the same but what a predicament!