Depression and dark thoughts

Hi I’m new to this site my son has high functioning autism,he’s 14 years old and the last 2 months or so he’s had very deep depression and very dark thoughts. He’s struggling to understand what’s going on and some days he’s doesn’t even want to be here is there any advice please. 

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  • I am not a clinician I only have ASD so can only give my opinion. Its most likely the comorbidities of depression and anxiety and maybe daily struggles (ASD people do get treated like crap quite a bit by others and it can be very difficult to understand that, tell someone and deal with it) .  People often take medication for that, practice meditation and mindfulness and receive support and protection from family and friends. You really want to keep an eye on him as I know how black the thoughts can get and  not only is it frighting for him you don't want it getting such a hold of him he becomes frighting to others as well (this is rare but it can happen. its more that the person becomes astonishingly dark and troubled and that can be scary for other people. I care almost about nothing I'm nearly nihilistic but not quite so it used to be very easy for me to become extremely black in my thinking it was insane. In the past I've been told even my eyes changed to just a black emptiness when in that state like a completely different person altogether). He would also need to really learn what environments suit him, what his triggers are and how to manage those. Since I've identified things of value to me and concentrated on those I have improved dramatically.

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  • I am not a clinician I only have ASD so can only give my opinion. Its most likely the comorbidities of depression and anxiety and maybe daily struggles (ASD people do get treated like crap quite a bit by others and it can be very difficult to understand that, tell someone and deal with it) .  People often take medication for that, practice meditation and mindfulness and receive support and protection from family and friends. You really want to keep an eye on him as I know how black the thoughts can get and  not only is it frighting for him you don't want it getting such a hold of him he becomes frighting to others as well (this is rare but it can happen. its more that the person becomes astonishingly dark and troubled and that can be scary for other people. I care almost about nothing I'm nearly nihilistic but not quite so it used to be very easy for me to become extremely black in my thinking it was insane. In the past I've been told even my eyes changed to just a black emptiness when in that state like a completely different person altogether). He would also need to really learn what environments suit him, what his triggers are and how to manage those. Since I've identified things of value to me and concentrated on those I have improved dramatically.

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