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Depression

David B

Hi my name is David [edited by mod to remove personal information].

I'm a 21 year old university of salford student currently living in manchester

as the subject says I am suffering from major depression and thought this might be the best place to talk about it as I feel like people don't understand what its like to be autistic and depressed.

I feel rather alone because despite the fact I have friends I have never romantically connected with anyone.

I also feel like im playing a balancing act between what I want and what other people expect of me

for example I got into a massive arguement with someone when I was in college because they said I moaned too much I was not aware I was doing in and as such I repress a lot of my bad emotions

It seems to be causing me problems however such as problems getting to sleep and bursting out into tears at the drop of a hat

I thank you for taking the time to read this and was wondering if anyone had any advice whether its direct of someone who I could talk to

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    Hi Charlie,

    My previous theory on depression and ASD was that we get into cycles of having ideas about things that we want to do. We then go and fail to explain to, and persuade, people  (because of the communication issues) about our cunning plans and we then get into a phase of frustration and disappointment about how we think the world could be and that the world is indifferent (at best) or despises us for our ideas.

    However, I've been reading a book about CBT and it quotes Aaron Beck from 1963 "Beck was able to distinguish consistent differences in the ideational content associated with common neurotic disorders, including depression". Or, people with neuroses, such as depression often have a distorted view of the rights and wrongs of the world.

    So, we aspies often go in for dichotomous or black and white thinking. This is a difference in perception, or a difference in ideational content as he puts it, that distinguishes us from NT people. Or, to put it another way, our tendency to black and white thinking is the sort of thing that leads us to depression. If this is true, then the CBT approach would challenge us so that whenever we find ourselves being black and white in our analysis then we should look for a more reasonable, middle of the road, balanced view of a situation which is what NT people are more often able to do.

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    Hi Charlie,

    My previous theory on depression and ASD was that we get into cycles of having ideas about things that we want to do. We then go and fail to explain to, and persuade, people  (because of the communication issues) about our cunning plans and we then get into a phase of frustration and disappointment about how we think the world could be and that the world is indifferent (at best) or despises us for our ideas.

    However, I've been reading a book about CBT and it quotes Aaron Beck from 1963 "Beck was able to distinguish consistent differences in the ideational content associated with common neurotic disorders, including depression". Or, people with neuroses, such as depression often have a distorted view of the rights and wrongs of the world.

    So, we aspies often go in for dichotomous or black and white thinking. This is a difference in perception, or a difference in ideational content as he puts it, that distinguishes us from NT people. Or, to put it another way, our tendency to black and white thinking is the sort of thing that leads us to depression. If this is true, then the CBT approach would challenge us so that whenever we find ourselves being black and white in our analysis then we should look for a more reasonable, middle of the road, balanced view of a situation which is what NT people are more often able to do.

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