My Head Is A Mess

I absolutely believe that if you do something wrong you have to be called out for it. I have been a past and present letdown so it is right for me to be called out on it. Yet, my head does get caught up in a mass amount of guilt and shame because of this as well as the bad names I get called for, notably that 'I am a parasite'. I also then get accused of being malevolent, that I do bad things because I want to, but that is not the case. I am not evil, I am just very stupid at times. I want to know how to be better, yet my head gets consumed by all the insults I have been given in the heat of the moment of being told off. I do not know how to compartmentalize, to learn from my mistakes and not let the name calling consume me. It makes my heart hurt, makes me want to shut down, and makes me want to hide. 

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  • I recognise what you write about from personal experience and I suspect many others on this site may do too.

    I'd like to back up  as talking therapy helps me at present from similar circumstances. - took a while and some effort to get to someone who could help and also for me to get to the point where I could be helped.

    First thing they did was to make me accept just how vulnerable I may be and acknowledge how emotions have lead impacted how I have been living my life.

    Getting on with being autistic is a bit of a marathon challenge.

    By identifying what you have and seeking support I reckon that you're going in the right direction even tho' times are still hard.

    Best wishes

  • when I say emotions - I mean unresolved distress that kind of kicked me into living my life in survival mode most of the time if that makes sense

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