Autism and Marriage

Most likely too late of an answer, but mine would be yes and no. Yes because we do internalize more, I've come to understand that too, but no, because I've seen people I know well who are not autistic, the difference when they have been depressed, they too internalize and is shut off to the world. Know of someone who otherwise is always open and extrovert who got to be just like that when hit with depression. I've grown up with parents who periods, years of my life, struggled with depression and anxiety. Even if I myself have been there too my nervous system is sensitive to when I see signs of it in other people I know. I know what your husband feels like and I know too how it feels to be the one suffering from it. My husband too says he suffered the way your husband is when I had my burn out. I forced myself to follow schedules, plans, do things, may it be smal or big, but keep going and telling myself my brain was sick but healing. I have done similar to others I know suffering, but doing it reverse that is me asking them to help me out with something, can be something small,them helping me out. I would also dump an animal I have on them to then return and understand they had taken very good care of the animal while I was gone, I think we need that "push" at times and too fool the brain if occupied with something else that has to be done. Of course no big demands about a task and me not steering, deciding, you've got to feel your way. I would find escape-ways so that if we had decided to go somewhere but it got to be too much then return to the car (and have the car parked in a good spot where there is privacy) and simply stay there for the bigger amount of time out or return home. I've done that with someone else who at the time suffered, and I did the same when I did. Hoping you're doing better. 

Most likely too late of an answer, but mine would be yes and no. Yes because we do internalize more, I've come to understand that too, but no, because I've seen people I know well who are not autistic, the difference when they have been depressed, they too internalize and is shut off to the world. Know of someone who otherwise is always open and extrovert who got to be just like that when hit with depression. I've grown up with parents who periods, years of my life, struggled with depression and anxiety. Even if I myself have been there too my nervous system is sensitive to when I see signs of it in other people I know. I know what your husband feels like and I know too how it feels to be the one suffering from it. My husband too says he suffered the way your husband is when I had my burn out. I forced myself to follow schedules, plans, do things, may it be smal or big, but keep going and telling myself my brain was sick but healing. I have done similar to others I know suffering, but doing it reverse that is me asking them to help me out with something, can be something small,them helping me out. I would also dump an animal I have on them to then return and understand they had taken very good care of the animal while I was gone, I think we need that "push" at times and too fool the brain if occupied with something else that has to be done. Of course no big demands about a task and me not steering, deciding, you've got to feel your way. I would find escape-ways so that if we had decided to go somewhere but it got to be too much then return to the car (and have the car parked in a good spot where there is privacy) and simply stay there for the bigger amount of time out or return home. I've done that with someone else who at the time suffered, and I did the same when I did. Hoping you're doing better.