Prisoner of oneself.

I don't know if this is the correct place to post this, just seemed appropriate as im in my late 20's (not entirely sure of my age to be fair, stopped counting quite some time ago). To the point however, I am not going to ask the stupid question of "Am I alone when I say/feel this" because I know that is not the case; But, perhaps others who have been through what I am going through could give advice, or simply share their experience.

  I have learned that having Aspergers Syndrome (at least for me) comes hand in hand with crippling depression, self-doubt/loathing and a powerful need to detach oneself from everyone, be it family, friends, whatever. I've no shame in admitting I've pondered the idea of just killing myself and getting it over with on several occasions, but still I'm dodging the point.

  I am in a long distance relationship, and have been for about a year, and I feel like it's about to come to an end. My world is crumbling to dust around me and I feel like it's all my fault, yet at the same time, I know it isn't - the relationship has not ended, and the girl in question keeps re-assuring me that it isn't - but I can't shake this feeling, it's like a low-day of depression, but amplified tenfold.
 She complained I was too enclosed, I wouldn;t express myself to her enough - so i put a great deal of effort into doing that, and was being more open, and now she complains that she feels like im being obsessed with her, when I'm not, and I've tried to explain this to her several times before, that I am way out of my comfort zone. We plan on meeting in person in the next few months, but since this happened (among other things that I'm not going to discuss) I feel nothing but this soul crushing sadness and anger. My brain is constantly switched on, replaying horrible things in my head, and horrible past experiences. I've never asked for help before until recently - I asked her for help and she didn't seem to care. So here I am, is there anything I can do to deal with this? I'm at the end of my rope, and I can't endure this much longer, i constantly feel alone, even when people are around me.

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  • I think you should to follow illneverbeold's advice Sir Dood and try to distract yourself by doing something that absorbs you. People who are on the spectrum are very good at worrying so anything you can do to divert your attention, even for a little while, could be helpful. By constantly focussing on your worries you just magnify them which causes even more worry. You have to find a way of breaking this vicious circle.

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  • I think you should to follow illneverbeold's advice Sir Dood and try to distract yourself by doing something that absorbs you. People who are on the spectrum are very good at worrying so anything you can do to divert your attention, even for a little while, could be helpful. By constantly focussing on your worries you just magnify them which causes even more worry. You have to find a way of breaking this vicious circle.

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