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Tearful?

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I am not depressed..I enjoy my life. But I find myself in tears most days. I can't isolate the cause / trigger although it is most definitely worse since lockdown etc.

I've searched and searched to find whether this is typical for ASD. Can't find any research. Interested if anyone else finds themselves emotional in this way or another way? And what you do about it. 

It's taken me a year to pluck up courage to ask this so thank you for reading.

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  • I'm afraid my guess would be depression, combined with anxiety and stress. You may feel alright, even believe you are alright, but on the inside you are REALLY not. I would strongly advise you to speak to a Counsellor. I've ended up in tears myself for no apparent reason before now, it's always because of stresses and strains I was, at best, barely even aware of. Sometimes more-depression can do terrible things to the way you think and feel and, in the process, prevent you from realising how out of sorts you are because everything you perceive is coloured by a mental illness you don't even know you are suffering from.

    It is very brave of you to reveal that you are dealing with this, we should all learn from that. But remember: help is out there if you feel like this. Help you'll need. Don't find out the rough way when you just can't take it any more, just ask for help. Every so often, we all need it.

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  • I'm afraid my guess would be depression, combined with anxiety and stress. You may feel alright, even believe you are alright, but on the inside you are REALLY not. I would strongly advise you to speak to a Counsellor. I've ended up in tears myself for no apparent reason before now, it's always because of stresses and strains I was, at best, barely even aware of. Sometimes more-depression can do terrible things to the way you think and feel and, in the process, prevent you from realising how out of sorts you are because everything you perceive is coloured by a mental illness you don't even know you are suffering from.

    It is very brave of you to reveal that you are dealing with this, we should all learn from that. But remember: help is out there if you feel like this. Help you'll need. Don't find out the rough way when you just can't take it any more, just ask for help. Every so often, we all need it.

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