Wanting to hurt someone

Hello I am having some thoughts of wanting to harm someone in which I do not really mean to because I am sick and tired of everyone not understanding other people's issues like anger issues and other problems and when they say that the world is as as it is when the world should change for the better and I am not asking people or the world to be perfect but I just want no more violence, war, people telling others what to do with their own lives and bodies, no more negatives, no more pain and suffering and I think some more too I would not like in this world anymore like birth defects or disabilities sorry to say this as I do not want to end up offending anybody but I just wish that some people were not born with disabilities because it would be nice if everyone would be more independent and be able to do more things for themselves. I really need help please as it is getting out of control.

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  • Hi Sholay,

    I’m really sorry to hear that you’re suffering these anger issues. I guess all of us struggle to understand something which we have not experienced ourselves, this might explain some of the apparent lack of understanding into how you are feeling. Speaking generally I do know that repetitive thinking about anything can get pretty exhausting so i’d guess that these thoughts are probably consuming you quite a lot, and that sounds like it’s quite overwhelming for you? The world is enough of a confusing place at 20 without all the extra ASD issues on top!

    Firstly, please don’t harm anyone, that is not going to resolve anything for you and would lead to you having less choices and   freedom than you have now. I can see that Former Member has given you some really useful links which I hope you find helpful, I’m also really glad that you’ve contacted your GP about seeking proper mental health services as I feel this could really benefit you. If your thoughts are so intense and out of control that you think that you might act on them then please contact your local mental health crisis team ASAP (you can find their number on google) this service runs 24/7 and they should send someone to assess you today and put a support plan in place immediately.

    Secondly, you speak of frustration about other people not understanding other people’s issues. As I said earlier, I think we can all struggle to ‘get’ something that we don’t experience ourselves. I wonder also if this is more common for autistic people in as much as NT’s seem to just instinctively ‘get’ what each other are going through, so’d i’d guess that NT’s also feel understood as they’re conversing with other NTs who have an instinctive ability to read emotions. Being autistic is so much more of a mine field for understanding/being understood. Because we can’t instinctively feel other people’s emotions and infer their mental states/thoughts we have to guess, usually based on our own experience of how certain situations have/do make us feel. Unfortunately, this is somewhat like a blind person attempting to complete a really complex maze unaided (the one at Hampton court palace springs to mind!!!) in that metaphorically you end up staggering around and bumping into things a lot and going the wrong way a lot and going round in circles etc. So basically we get it wrong a lot or we just don’t ‘get’ it. Trying to make oneself understand as an autistic person also is very frustrating, NTs don’t understand us as their brains are wired differently and other autistic people may try to understand us but struggle to fully see what someone else is experiencing. I know personally that one thing that causes arguments with my husband is when I am trying to explain my point of view to him, a view that differs from his own, and I explain it in the most black and white ‘as it is’ way possible so I think ‘surely he can understand this’, but he still doesn’t get it, no matter how many times I try to re-explain in an even simpler way and I just end up like Aaaarrrggghhhhhh!!!! So I get that it’s frustrating when we can’t make other people see our own point of view.

    Thirdly, would you like to tell me in a bit more detail, what all these things are that you are getting annoyed about? You mention wanting the world to change for the better and no more war or violence. That is understandable, it’s difficult for one person to change the world BUT I do wonder if you were able to make little steps towards helping the world to change for the better then you might feel less frustrated about things and it may help focus your energy into something more positive. I know that https://www.change.org/ do a lot of petitions about various causes, once they get above a certain number of e-signatures then a petition has to be considered in the House of Commons. Why not take a look and see if you can make little steps towards changing the world for the better.

    You speak also about not feeling that you are able to make your own choices and decisions, in what way do you feel that your choices and decisions and freedom are being restricted?

  • Well with certain age restrictions like with on adoption and surrogacy still having a higher age of 21 or 25 in some other countries. I sometimes wish that these things and some more other things were all age 18 as it is the age we become adults and can do a whole loads of stuff like get married, buy and drink alcohol, buy cigarettes, buy and watch porn, serve in a jury or apply to be a judge even and also be able to book a hotel or a cruise. It is when people disapprove of me saying that I am old enough to make my own choices when people have said that people who are over the age of 18 are really old enough and capable of making their own choices. Also I would like for everything including like adult rights or things and freedom to be age 18 or 21 and nothing to have any higher age restrictions like some dating sites or speed dating events for an example to have a minimum age of 25. Also the reason why I feel restricted on making my choices and wanting to have more freedom to do what I want because of everyone or nearly everyone says that I cannot make any decisions for myself and when they also say that it is not my decision and when they like intervene with mine and other people's lives who are my age in which nobody should be intervening with other people's lives. Also everyone should understand that it is my body at the end of the day and what I want to do with it like if I want to like smoke or drink or have a child now or in the near future it would be my choice and nobody else's at all. Also if people want to have kids in their late teens or 20s then that is also their choice and body too. I don't really think that anything would really stop 18 and 19 year olds from wanting to get pregnant or have kids either.

  • I’m going to try and explain my own opinion to you so that hopefully you can understand some of these things a bit better. Ok so with age restrictions on stuff like surrogacy and adoption I think it’s not so much about legally being an adult but more about having the necessary life experience to be able to deal with it emotionally. Personally I could not be surrogate and give a baby away after carrying it for 9 months, my maternal instinct is too strong and it would kill me to give up my baby, even if it wasn’t genetically mine, the bond you form with a baby during pregnancy makes you it’s mum. Perhaps surrogacy agencies worry that a woman younger than say 25, wouldn’t know themselves well enough to fully understand how being a surrogate might affect them emotionally in the long term, whereas an older woman would know herself a lot better and understood the emotional impact it would have on her and be able to make a more balanced and informed decision. I’m not saying that a younger woman doesn’t know herself, I’m saying that an older woman knows herself better than a younger woman simply because she’s had more time to get to know herself, if that makes sense? I think with adoption agencies it’s definitely an issue of life experience, don’t forget that there are a higher percentage of children put up for adoption (as compared to the general population) that have been abused or neglected, it takes a lot of life experience and someone very stsbke and grounded and mentally strong to be able to deal with all the emotional stuff the child is going to be going through, let alone the emotional impact that has on the adoptive parent. Even if you adopt a newborn baby there’s still emotional stuff to deal with in terms of becoming a mum to someone else’s baby/not being able to have your own baby etc. All of this I feel would be too overwhelming for most people in their late teens or even early 20’s. 

    Who is it that disapproves of you saying you are old enough to make your own choices? I have to say, as the mother of a 21 year old girl (it’s her 21st today actually) that while she is legally old enough to make her own decisions, she still sometimes makes unwise decisions. I too made unwise decisions at her age and I get that it’s all part of growing up and learning BUT it is difficult as a mother watching your child make mistakes, it’s natural to try to stop them from making mistakes, it’s difficult to let go and accept that she is responsible for her own decisions now, especially when they are unwise decisions. I just wonder, if it is your parents who have an issue with you being old enough to make your own decisions maybe they are just being protective and struggling to let go but maybe in time they will adapt to you being an adult and responsible for your own decisions?

    With smoking or drinking. Smoking is horrifically addictive. I started smoking at 14 thinking it was cool, now I really wish I hadn’t, it’s something that I will always be addicted to, currently on nicotine gum about 20/day and the odd cigarette, I’ve been like that for a couple of years now and it’s probably the best I’m going to achieve for the time being. Smoking is also very expensive! Alcohol in moderation is fine but just be aware that too much alcohol makes you vulnerable to being taken advantage of by men and as a young lady with ASD and too much alcohol you are even more likely to get taken advantage of, and it’s not nice when that happens, take it from me, been there, done that, worn the t-shirt.

    With Regards to teenagers being allowed to have children. I had my eldest a few days after my 17th birthday. I don’t regret having her, I love all my children and could never regret any of them. BUT it was hard. When all other people my age were going out having fun I was stuck at home looking after a baby. I did my A-levels, my degree and my masters degree while also bringing up a young child on my own and working part time to support us and while I’m proud of that achievement, it was really really hard work! I also know that now in my late 30’s being a mum for the second time to two under 5’s, that I am a better mother now because I have more life experience on which to base my parenting. I still carry a lot of guilt about not being a better mum to my eldest simply through my own lack of life experience and vulnerability. It’s guilt that I don’t have with my youngest two as I’m wiser now and I know better how to be a mum. Truely if choice is involved then I believe that it is usually in the child’s best interests to be born to an older mother with more life experience. 

    Hope my explanations help in some way. Feel free to query anything.

  • Hi Sholay, it sounds like maybe your mum is struggling to adapt to you being an adult and responsible for your own decisions. I think this is something everyone goes through in their late teens/early twenties where they want to make all their own decisions but the parents are still trying to make decisions for them. I’m sure your mum is only doing that because she cares about you and doesn’t want you to make bad decisions and suffer the consequences of those, she’s just being protective. Hopefully in time though she will come to accept that you are now an adult and responsible for making your own choices, I’m sure she’ll get there in the end. It’s hard though, as a mum, just because your child is an adult doesn’t mean you stop wanting to look after them and protect them like you always have :-)

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  • Hi Sholay, it sounds like maybe your mum is struggling to adapt to you being an adult and responsible for your own decisions. I think this is something everyone goes through in their late teens/early twenties where they want to make all their own decisions but the parents are still trying to make decisions for them. I’m sure your mum is only doing that because she cares about you and doesn’t want you to make bad decisions and suffer the consequences of those, she’s just being protective. Hopefully in time though she will come to accept that you are now an adult and responsible for making your own choices, I’m sure she’ll get there in the end. It’s hard though, as a mum, just because your child is an adult doesn’t mean you stop wanting to look after them and protect them like you always have :-)

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