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Exhausted. Heading towards the dark place again.

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I pushed myself a little too far recently and have ended up completely exhausted. I have diagnoses of bipolar and cPTSD. Flashbacks and other ptsd stuff already getting worse and I can feel  my mood dropping and risk to self increasing. I'm awaiting formal ASD diagnosis but psychologist is very confident I meet criteria. Struggling with the fact that my life will always be this way: hospital admissions, exhaustion, medication, low functioning, ect. 

Hello, by the way, I'm new here! 

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  • Hi A. It can be quiet in here on Saturday nights but you won’t be ignored or unsupported, hopefully you’ll find comfort here. The diagnosis is a comfort in one way, but you’re right about it only explaining (to our relief) and not ‘fixing’ - in fact it shows that the CBT approaches thst NTs have success with will barely scratch the surface in our case. But it’s not a reason to lose hope, rather it’s a reason to say ‘I don’t have to fall in step with the majority, I was never designed to’ and try to find the positives in being on the outside of the standard-issue life. There are some as long as we don’t let comparison drag us down too much. I’ve been in dark places with that myself. 

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  • Hi A. It can be quiet in here on Saturday nights but you won’t be ignored or unsupported, hopefully you’ll find comfort here. The diagnosis is a comfort in one way, but you’re right about it only explaining (to our relief) and not ‘fixing’ - in fact it shows that the CBT approaches thst NTs have success with will barely scratch the surface in our case. But it’s not a reason to lose hope, rather it’s a reason to say ‘I don’t have to fall in step with the majority, I was never designed to’ and try to find the positives in being on the outside of the standard-issue life. There are some as long as we don’t let comparison drag us down too much. I’ve been in dark places with that myself. 

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