Are we depressed?

Given: 1. There's a communication gap between NT and Au leading to a Double Empathy Problem and 2. there has been a great deal of confusing Trauma for Autism and 3. A great deal of confusing stress-induced-anxiety or even biologically-induced-anxiety for Depression and 4. Decades of misunderstanding Monotropic 'symptoms' or Sensory differences as Bipolar (a clinical depression) and 5. misdiagnosing chronic pain, Parkinson's and other neuro-differences as 'depression' and 6. Given Depression used to be related to the body's ability to override Survival Mechanisms late in life or with a serious illness... I'd suggest to always get several opinions. 

I tried explaining to a GP once about how overwhelming society and work was (due to a great deal of undiagnosed dyslexia), the difficulty I was having with miscommunication and basically asking for a how-to life tutorial and she sent me on my way with a dose of anti-depressants. I now believe this was an abuse of power and blatant dismissal. I took one of whatever she gave me and it was like someone gave me a lobotomy. I should've called a medical board, as it made everything worse and I wasn't looking to die! And there was no check to see my blood count, vitamin/mineral deficiencies. One thing I'd learned: Just because ONE person tells you a thing does not mean it's true.

Anyone will respond like Marvin or Eeyore if dismissed and ignored enough in life. That's not depression. 

It's good to do your own self-directed research into How anti-depressants Impact biology, most further deplete the Very Thing a lot of peer reviewed research is suggesting is at the core of Autism and ADHD. There might be subtle differences in some of the drugs, but say this research is true and thousands of Autistics have tried to explain these don't work but make it worse - due to a deficiency or difference which might require the opposite of what we've been asking for, that's merely a collective lawsuit waiting to happen. 

Anyone will feel a sense of 'hopelessness' when they feel unprotected or are marginalised in such a way. But I don't want to be a victim, that's a game NT's play to manipulate each other. 

Over the years I've learned I actually suffer MORE from deficiencies and a socio-economic system that is not interested in someone like me succeeding.

Depression is a human response that is a sort of decompression, deflation, an emptying out. Good for moving into our next state of being, existence even if it's just a return to dust so that Survival Mode with it's will to live and will toward personal agency kicks in with an anxiousness, adrenaline and other internal fight modes which help us stay alive.

We experience more than most a great many barriers to living a life with purpose. Barriers to hope-FULL-ness and barriers to finding our potential for being. I could use the term "Depressed" for a response to this. But there are many other REALLY good terms that communicate better.

Given: 1. There's a communication gap between NT and Au leading to a Double Empathy Problem and 2. there has been a great deal of confusing Trauma for Autism and 3. A great deal of confusing stress-induced-anxiety or even biologically-induced-anxiety for Depression and 4. Decades of misunderstanding Monotropic 'symptoms' or Sensory differences as Bipolar (a clinical depression) and 5. misdiagnosing chronic pain, Parkinson's and other neuro-differences as 'depression' and 6. Given Depression used to be related to the body's ability to override Survival Mechanisms late in life or with a serious illness... I'd suggest to always get several opinions. 

I tried explaining to a GP once about how overwhelming society and work was (due to a great deal of undiagnosed dyslexia), the difficulty I was having with miscommunication and basically asking for a how-to life tutorial and she sent me on my way with a dose of anti-depressants. I now believe this was an abuse of power and blatant dismissal. I took one of whatever she gave me and it was like someone gave me a lobotomy. I should've called a medical board, as it made everything worse and I wasn't looking to die! And there was no check to see my blood count, vitamin/mineral deficiencies. One thing I'd learned: Just because ONE person tells you a thing does not mean it's true.

Anyone will respond like Marvin or Eeyore if dismissed and ignored enough in life. That's not depression. 

It's good to do your own self-directed research into How anti-depressants Impact biology, most further deplete the Very Thing a lot of peer reviewed research is suggesting is at the core of Autism and ADHD. There might be subtle differences in some of the drugs, but say this research is true and thousands of Autistics have tried to explain these don't work but make it worse - due to a deficiency or difference which might require the opposite of what we've been asking for, that's merely a collective lawsuit waiting to happen. 

Anyone will feel a sense of 'hopelessness' when they feel unprotected or are marginalised in such a way. But I don't want to be a victim, that's a game NT's play to manipulate each other. 

Over the years I've learned I actually suffer MORE from deficiencies and a socio-economic system that is not interested in someone like me succeeding.

Depression is a human response that is a sort of decompression, deflation, an emptying out. Good for moving into our next state of being, existence even if it's just a return to dust so that Survival Mode with it's will to live and will toward personal agency kicks in with an anxiousness, adrenaline and other internal fight modes which help us stay alive.

We experience more than most a great many barriers to living a life with purpose. Barriers to hope-FULL-ness and barriers to finding our potential for being. I could use the term "Depressed" for a response to this. But there are many other REALLY good terms that communicate better.