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Anxiety & ASD

KeyboardWorrier68

Hi,

I'm going to be contacting my GP soon about pursuing a diagnosis, but I am finding that when I start thinking about the possibility of having some form of ASD that I get anxious and I get a recurrence of a twitch that I have developed since Christmas due to the stress of issues in my personal life.

I understand that anxiety and ASD go frequently find themselves hand-in-hand, do others here since diagnosed have track records of anxiety? I used to be a very anxious child and although gradually this dissipated as I got towards my late teens it has persisted in the area of relationships, though the twitch is a new thing.

Hearing of others' experiences is a big comfort to me currently; I don't want to say that I'm pinning my hopes on a diagnosis as if it was to be negative it doesn't paint a very nice picture of my behaviour.

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    Wellington said:

    I also think that I adapt well to fit in with others and rarely I am myself. When I am myself I may come across odd to others (for example talking to much about mundane subjects - well mundane to them!) and then this worries me further. As I get older though it gets more exhausting trying to fit in. That is the main reason I want to understand myself - why I feel different and why it worries me so much. 

    This sounds as though you are putting yourself under more pressure to conform than you can cope with. One of the standard pieces of advice for a parent dealing with an autistic child is that they use positive reinforcement You can use the same techniques on yourself to reward yourself when you do something good but don't be so hard on yourself when you make a mistake. If you are struggling to adapt then you can allow yourself not to be so desparate about it but instead look out for and recognise the situations that you have managed to cope with.

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    Wellington said:

    I also think that I adapt well to fit in with others and rarely I am myself. When I am myself I may come across odd to others (for example talking to much about mundane subjects - well mundane to them!) and then this worries me further. As I get older though it gets more exhausting trying to fit in. That is the main reason I want to understand myself - why I feel different and why it worries me so much. 

    This sounds as though you are putting yourself under more pressure to conform than you can cope with. One of the standard pieces of advice for a parent dealing with an autistic child is that they use positive reinforcement You can use the same techniques on yourself to reward yourself when you do something good but don't be so hard on yourself when you make a mistake. If you are struggling to adapt then you can allow yourself not to be so desparate about it but instead look out for and recognise the situations that you have managed to cope with.

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