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Trigger warning for behaviours related to mental health

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To be more explicit than the title, trigger warning for self harm and suicidal ideation. 

I am posting this hoping that it is allowed as I would sincerely appreciate your perspectives. 

I am recently diagnosed autistic man with a long history of severe mental health issues. This includes a lifetime of self harming behaviour and suicidal ideation. With my recent diagnosis, my doctor suggested that the self harm behaviour in particular might be connected to my autism. It is very habitual and feels very routine. It is constant, not just linked to periods of intense depression. In fact, I feel very agitated if my routine is disrupted.

My doctor actually suggested that I reach out here to see if anyone has experienced something similar and what, if anything, has been helpful to escape the routine. It made a certain amount of sense to me that the highly routine nature of it might be related to my autism, as it was partly this that made the mental team refer me for an autism assessment in the first place. 

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  • I have autism and have experienced suicidal ideation, but I have never self-harmed myself. My other half on the other hand has self-harmed repeatedly. My other half is definitely not autistic, but it's quite likely that she has ADHD. She tends to self harm when she gets upset, occasionally she exhibits suicidal ideation. I wonder if you could be one of those people that have both ASD and ADHD...?

    Although if it's purely a routine related behavior then it could be some unusual ASD behavior. They like to lump us together but we all have our unique expressions. Maybe that's yours..

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  • I have autism and have experienced suicidal ideation, but I have never self-harmed myself. My other half on the other hand has self-harmed repeatedly. My other half is definitely not autistic, but it's quite likely that she has ADHD. She tends to self harm when she gets upset, occasionally she exhibits suicidal ideation. I wonder if you could be one of those people that have both ASD and ADHD...?

    Although if it's purely a routine related behavior then it could be some unusual ASD behavior. They like to lump us together but we all have our unique expressions. Maybe that's yours..

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