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Struggle functioning when stressed

Zowski

Hi, I'm new here. I was diagnosed with ASD when I was 6 but haven't really ever understood it as no one has really told me about it. I had some support as a child but now I'm an adult I feel like I'm all alone with it. 

I noticed when I'm stressed I struggle to function. Some days if I'm stressed I forget to eat and drink, I can't go out and I'm too anxious and overwhelmed to answer the phone. Though I never like to answer the phone anyway.

How do you cope with every day life and keep functioning? I'm nearly 30 and the more time goes by the more it feels like I'm failing to cope with the hassles of every day life. 

I don't know what to do to help myself. I'm really at a loss on what to do next.

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  • This will maybe sound like old hippy advice but....  When i am a loss about what to do next I focus on what I am doing now and then kind of bend it to what I know I have to do  - if it's that sort of situation.  Sometimes in order to do that I need to trick myself to being more "grounded" in the present.  (there's exercises out there worth exploring.  Same thing goes for stuff that I'm doing more for the fun of it (must admit there is an art in learning how to do that too).  Either situation it's not what is done but how that counts most.  That varies from person to person and situation to situation - I think you are asking the right questiion    :-)  

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  • This will maybe sound like old hippy advice but....  When i am a loss about what to do next I focus on what I am doing now and then kind of bend it to what I know I have to do  - if it's that sort of situation.  Sometimes in order to do that I need to trick myself to being more "grounded" in the present.  (there's exercises out there worth exploring.  Same thing goes for stuff that I'm doing more for the fun of it (must admit there is an art in learning how to do that too).  Either situation it's not what is done but how that counts most.  That varies from person to person and situation to situation - I think you are asking the right questiion    :-)  

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