Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello!
I am new here and I thought I'd make an introduction post.
I suffer from Severe Anxiety & Depression and I am currently on two types of medication for it which just doesn't help with the living situation I am currently in. My father doesn't understand my condition and always makes it hard for me to explain how I feel and this is the same with my mother at times.
I wanted to know if anyone else has/goes through some of the same issues that I'm going through at the moment?
Yes, I’m afraid so DrewKnightmare. It’s pretty common as autism awareness is still very much in its infancy.
The best thing we can do is build on our own self awareness and understanding with the help of specialist autism workers, if possible, or by watching YouTube videos or reading books etc.
Maybe your living situation isn’t the best one for you? It’s hard to tell from the little you’ve told us but I myself and several other of my autistic friends tried medication and we all stopped as it never made us feel any different, but apparently to everybody else we were a lot calmer. So I came to the conclusion that tablets don’t make us feel any better but we are somehow easier to be around when we take them, so I think they dumb us down in someways which isn’t really solving the problem.
As you said, it’s hard for us to explain what it’s like to be us so it’s even harder for non autistic people to understand and for some people, like my dad, it’s just not possible for them to understand, and I understand that now. I try to make sure my visits to my dad are kept relatively short, and that way we remain on good terms.
Try to work on getting some support for yourself rather than forever trying to explain yourself to people who just don’t understand it. I’m not sure that I would understand it if things were the other way around and I wasn’t the one who was autistic.
Anyways, welcome you’ll get a lot of identification and support here.
HelloFormer Member
Thanks for replying, my living situation isn't the best right now and that's my main stress at the moment. I hope to find some friends and some support from this forum
You’ll find that here and in the meantime, have you considered moving out of your family home?
If you need any more info about who to contact etc, let me know. I used to work in social services and they’re all pretty similar, and you can often access them online now as well, which might be a good option for you.