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Aspergers son who was suicidal

Pauli

Hi

Does anyone have experience or advice about how to recover after their child has suffered depression and suicidal tendancies?

My teenage son who has aspergers has had severe depression on and off for four years now .He has been treated by psychiatrists and is still on medication. Although he is much improved with fewer relapses as his mum I'm finding it hard to come to terms with and in coping it all after all this time. Any advice would be really welcome. Thanks 

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  • Hi Pauli. I often find that I feel bad and don't know why. Now, if I wake in the early hours, say feeling unhappy/bad, I trawl through what is going on in my life and think for a while whether there is anything upsetting me about it. I have to make a conscious effort to work out what it is about a certain person or situation that is troubling me. Sometimes it is a past encounter with someone that has upset me and causes anxiety if I know I have to meet them again. This problem of recognising emotions is called alexithymia, emotional blindness.

    I think you need to encourage your son to express his thoughts in some way too.

    I was bullied at work, at one time. I ended up off sick for a month. I thought at the time, that I should make some sort of formal complaint to my bosses, so I began to write down what was going on. I became quite obsessed with getting all the details down on paper to formulate my complaint. After 2 weeks of constant scribbling, I began to feel better. I hid my extensive writing under the mattress. Several weeks later, I took it ou and shredded it. I was much better and had put that episode behind me.

    People with autism find it difficult to tell people about their feelings and talk about what is going on in their lives. Seeing a proffessional is quite stressful in its self, and can empty the conscious mind of what is the real issue. I discovered writing, by accident, but it can help. He can write at any time of day or night, when proffessional help is unavailable.

    Please also talk to him about the Samaritans, they are available 24/7 and he can talk anonymously.

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  • Hi Pauli. I often find that I feel bad and don't know why. Now, if I wake in the early hours, say feeling unhappy/bad, I trawl through what is going on in my life and think for a while whether there is anything upsetting me about it. I have to make a conscious effort to work out what it is about a certain person or situation that is troubling me. Sometimes it is a past encounter with someone that has upset me and causes anxiety if I know I have to meet them again. This problem of recognising emotions is called alexithymia, emotional blindness.

    I think you need to encourage your son to express his thoughts in some way too.

    I was bullied at work, at one time. I ended up off sick for a month. I thought at the time, that I should make some sort of formal complaint to my bosses, so I began to write down what was going on. I became quite obsessed with getting all the details down on paper to formulate my complaint. After 2 weeks of constant scribbling, I began to feel better. I hid my extensive writing under the mattress. Several weeks later, I took it ou and shredded it. I was much better and had put that episode behind me.

    People with autism find it difficult to tell people about their feelings and talk about what is going on in their lives. Seeing a proffessional is quite stressful in its self, and can empty the conscious mind of what is the real issue. I discovered writing, by accident, but it can help. He can write at any time of day or night, when proffessional help is unavailable.

    Please also talk to him about the Samaritans, they are available 24/7 and he can talk anonymously.

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