Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I was diagnosed late last year at the age of 27. I’m struggling with what feels like a constant burnout! I just feel like I need someone to talk to who understands what I’m going through :/
I feel like it’s helped a bit but I still dread it every time. I still feel very uncomfortable and not fully understood
I just don’t know how to recover! I feel helpless
Ah I see. Do you feel you're gaining from it?
In my case it has gotten to the stage where I look forward to it because I like having an outlet to get things out, and also it doesn't feel like I'm talking to my school headteacher! More like the friendly counsellor or something.
What books do you like? Fiction and non fiction.
Hopefully September will be more warm and sunshine.
I've lost a few friends due to there unhappiness and vanished. Shame as sometimes forget that there's a person at the other end. Think they wanted to dump problems onto me.
I’m having psychological therapy, I’ve had a lot of traumatic experiences in the past. I tried CBT too and didn’t like it.
thank you, I really appreciate the support
Yea.....I can imagine so. I had no one to talk to and had no clue what was going on.....it was before I realised I was autistic! That was the only good thing to come out of my hellish burnout....it was instrumental to enabling me to accept and realise I was autistic.
I’m sorry to hear that, I’m here if you want to talk :) I definitely feel comfortable here and I’m so grateful to have people to talk to
My experience of being put on antidepressants was horrendous. I experienced no benefits from them at all and the side effects nearly killed me (no exaggeration).
They do help some people but from comments I have read here and elsewhere autistic people often have more atypical reactions to them. They simply have not been tested on autistic people.
haha! I will definitely try that. But yeah I already feel quite comfortable here, it’s nice to have people to talk to :)
Oh no! I'm sorry. I'm in the same position although I lost them all because I did something really stupid.
I hope you're able to utilise this forum for that, it'll definitely help you to have something resembling a support network. You're quite early on in your journey so I can understand the struggles but I hope things ease for you.
I was diagnosed 17 years ago and I'm still struggling although I definitely understand myself a bit better than I did, and I do have therapy to thank for that.
Thank you!
I don’t have any friends! Not even one I have family I can talk to but they don’t understand
Do you have a family member/friends/partner who you feel comfortable confiding in or do you feel like they would struggle to understand? I can understand how isolating that must feel if so.
Hi! Books and sunshine are two of my favourite things too :)
I posted some further links on this recent discussion on here.
https://community.autism.org.uk/f/mental-health-and-wellbeing/33481/current
That’s what I want! I feel like I just need some support, just someone who knows what I’m going through to talk to me when I’m struggling:( this world just isn’t build for us and it’s so scary to me
I tried antidepressants for a while but I felt the side effects more strongly than any benefits.
The main aim for me was getting autism specific support, which is admittedly hard to come by. Even if you live in a major city like I do.
Your head will play all manner of tricks on you mate. Don't be too quick to trust your own thoughts and feelings.
Handy hint.....When I started to feel very hopeless about myself, I was able (eventually) to start laughing at myself and my own predicament. It was such a relief to laugh....full stop. The fact that it was only myself that was "funny" enough to prompt that laughter.....somehow made it EVEN funnier.
No magic fixes.......but hang around in this place for a while.....us other nutters can probably keep you sane(ish)
Yeah my doctors don’t seem to have any knowledge on ASD and I’ve been loaded with antidepressants and anxiety medication. It’s really overwhelming and not helping
That’s kinda what I think! My family don’t seem to understand and it’s difficult