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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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  • Welcome to the community and to the start of your autistic discovery journey.

    That journey is an opportunity for you to discover more about autism and how it affects you. Discover why you have gone through those negative cycles in the past. Why previous therapies and treatments may have failed, as they were not designed for autistic people. Learn your own personal triggers and limits, in order to avoid pushing yourself too far in the future. Perhaps most importantly discovering that you're not alone on that journey.

    A said:
    Struggling with the fact that my life will always be this way: hospital admissions, exhaustion, medication, low functioning, ect.

    It doesn't always have to be that way. I know it sure can seem like that when you're spiralling down into that dark place. You've pushed yourself too far and you can't change that now. However maybe you can still apply the brakes and avoid sinking any further. Stick around here and hopefully it might provide a welcome distraction to reduce your flashbacks.

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  • Welcome to the community and to the start of your autistic discovery journey.

    That journey is an opportunity for you to discover more about autism and how it affects you. Discover why you have gone through those negative cycles in the past. Why previous therapies and treatments may have failed, as they were not designed for autistic people. Learn your own personal triggers and limits, in order to avoid pushing yourself too far in the future. Perhaps most importantly discovering that you're not alone on that journey.

    A said:
    Struggling with the fact that my life will always be this way: hospital admissions, exhaustion, medication, low functioning, ect.

    It doesn't always have to be that way. I know it sure can seem like that when you're spiralling down into that dark place. You've pushed yourself too far and you can't change that now. However maybe you can still apply the brakes and avoid sinking any further. Stick around here and hopefully it might provide a welcome distraction to reduce your flashbacks.

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