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Billy87

I am really confused and just need some help. 

How do I cope with being autistic myself and having a severely autistic son? I feel sometimes like I can cope with either my autism or his but not both. When he is screaming high pitched screams at me or hitting me or pinching or throwing things at me it is the ultimate sensory overload. I dont know how to cope with it and help him while Im having a sensory overload and meltdown myslef

Please help, I have no other autistic people I can talk to about this at the moment and I am so lonley and confused 

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  • All the replies on here today have been such a comfort to me and have given me so much energy to keep going.

    I wrote that message today when I was desperate, my wife was out and my son was just at the most severe hes been, throwing, hitting etc, and I was having a meltdown didnt know what to do.

    Hes a wonderful little boy and he is the light of my life. My wife is wonderful too but I just feel so bad for her that she has to deal with my autism and his. When we are both melting down at the same time I dont know how she copes. I fear it will break her soon and I dont want her to break. She is 7 months pregnant as well and the other day our little boy hit her in the stomach during a meltdown and she had to go to hospital to have the baby checked. Its not the first time this has happened. While she was in hospitla he was melting down on me and I was having a breakdown from worrying about her and the baby and from the huge sensory overload of all the noise and everything going on. It was one of the toughest days of my life.

    Thankfully the baby and my wife are fine. Its just hard you know. Its such a comfort to be on here and get to talk to you all about it. 

  • in reply to Billy87

    I am wondering if your son is finding the uncertainty of a new sibling a bit unsettling. One of the worst times here was when my husband went to hospital as an emergency.

    I can also say at times it helps that I can understand him where we both find something difficult. 

  • in reply to Homebird

    Thats possible actually , i didnt think of that. He understands about the baby coming and hes really excited about it but even so, its a massive change for him so it might be unsettling him more than we realise 

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