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Feeling low over the summer, linked to autism?

Phantom L

Since finishing college for the summer, I have been feeling very low recently.

My mum recently made a comment about my 'handling' of my asd getting worse, which is making me very paranoid as that is the last thing I want, as I want to get better not worse. Plus I have just overall been feeling irritable, stressed and bored. I do believe it is the fact over the summer I have no studying to focus on which usually helps me a lot, along with the limited social interraction.

I hate feeling like this, does anyone have any advice to stop me feeling like this for the rest of the summer, along with tips in handling my autism better, as I hate the idea of me using it as an 'excuse' which my parents have implied a few times recently.

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  • Hi. I wonder - do you find that you are less  physically active and mentaly active in the holidays, and that you start to feel a bit 'clogged up'? Or do you have a new set of activities? I totally agree with you about not studying and what it does to you, can you use that at home to study a new interest online?

    I sometimes put something random into the computer to see what it says, and then get taken across all sorts of strange links. I also like youtube for lots of interesting things, funny things and music.

    And are you sure that you aren't sometimes using it as an excuse? It doesn't matter anyway, I don't think you need to excuse your condition, or what you need to do at any given time. We all have to take account of how we are, and try to be nice to ourselves so we can get our energy back, and it's OK to do that too.

    Lastly, I've got access to a dog that likes walks, swimming, fetching sticks and is obedience trained, and I have some fun and exercise that way too, when I feel able to go out.

    I'm like you, I find it hard to take when the whole structure of my life is disturbed.

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  • Hi. I wonder - do you find that you are less  physically active and mentaly active in the holidays, and that you start to feel a bit 'clogged up'? Or do you have a new set of activities? I totally agree with you about not studying and what it does to you, can you use that at home to study a new interest online?

    I sometimes put something random into the computer to see what it says, and then get taken across all sorts of strange links. I also like youtube for lots of interesting things, funny things and music.

    And are you sure that you aren't sometimes using it as an excuse? It doesn't matter anyway, I don't think you need to excuse your condition, or what you need to do at any given time. We all have to take account of how we are, and try to be nice to ourselves so we can get our energy back, and it's OK to do that too.

    Lastly, I've got access to a dog that likes walks, swimming, fetching sticks and is obedience trained, and I have some fun and exercise that way too, when I feel able to go out.

    I'm like you, I find it hard to take when the whole structure of my life is disturbed.

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