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Confession

Neil
10 days ago

I feel bad about feeling bad. I want to be my best for my family, my friends, and my colleagues, but I feel absolutely defeated – so utterly drained that I feel like I’m constantly having an out-of-body experience. I've just posted an 'Autistic Not Alien' video about this on my YouTube channel, and would welcome thoughts about how you've dealt with similar struggles.

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  • 9 days ago

    Neil,

    I watched the video, and note a couple of things....

    (1) Starting new meds = who knows how this is going to be making you feel right now = we are very complex beings?!

    I have been on these pages now for a while, and I always read with a great and invested interest of peoples experience of this process.  Some are very positive, some are very negative but generally I detect a "confused" picture - often with multiple tweaks and adjustments being required within a relatively short time of embarking on "meds."  I think it would be reasonable and wise for you to assign some of your "current bad feelings" to the inevitable processes of your body and mind addressing this change that you have embarked upon.  My reading of other peoples experiences suggest things will change for you soon enough......I think you may be "passing through the valley" of new medications?

    (2) Doom scrolling aka watching the news = should only be done if/when you are able to cope with your "base" load of life.

    Current affairs is one of my special interests, so this consigns me to a state of great sadness - VERY often.  This morning, I made the concious decision to only read about positivity = stayed away from "conventional" news, and spent an hour with OGN, which is something that I often choose to do these days.  [Disambiguation - OGN = onlygoodnewsdaily. com ..... other positive only news websites are available.]

    I wish you a happy Sunday.

    Yours

    Number.

  • 9 days ago in reply to Number

    Richard Hawley talked about this on Jools Holland last night - we only see the bad things on the news. We rarely see the good that happens in the world.

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