• Hello

    Hello, I'm feeling so depressed at the moment. I'm on the spectrum, I was diagnosed when I was 12. In the last few years there has been so much change and more things keep happening I just can't cope anymore. Feel like I'm crashing down into the ground…

  • RE: Ramblings of the mis-wired....

    Sorry for that spotty but I am just me coping in a world I don't belong.

    one nite last week it was relentless post after post,people begging for help.

    I suppose being here having a laugh when bad things are happening makes me feel guilty.

    like I said…

  • RE: Livid with teacher

    You can shoot me down in flames as well.. maybe I should be struck off as well.... but being devils advocate...

    at middle school in assembly I really needed a wee but was too shy with everyone there to raise my hand or up and go to the bathroom.... rather…

  • RE: New member, adult assessment

    Hi Graham, when I realised I was autistic, last May, I knew straight away that I wanted a formal diagnosis. I felt I needed it, not so much to prove the diagnosis but to confirm it, especially when I’m telling other people. It also became apparent to…

  • BAd day at the homestead

    Thanks I found the posts really helpful to gain an insight into my DS behaviour today..I can see now that the 2 friends he invited over were way to noisy and excitable and he melted down..this continued on and off for the remainder of the day until I…

  • RE: Is there ANYONE here, that doesnt have a degree? and is basically very average?

    This stuff is all relative in the end. i do have a degree but only realised years after that my not doing a dissertation as part of it was quite a rare thing. To me, writing one if thosd things looks like a Herculean challenge beyond my remotest capabilty…

  • RE: What did you assume was responsible for your behavioural issues prior to diagnosis?

    I think this changed a lot over the course of my life. In childhood, it was very much self-isolation; but mostly out of burning interest in my hobbies. Other people bored me and confused me, but I didn't feel that either I or they were doing anything…

  • RE: Anger issues

    Physical exercise for me is a great way to burn off some of the inner rage that builds from time to time - really giving it your all to push some metal up and down or racing on the cross trainer to go as fast as you can for as long as you can works well…

  • RE: Do you like DVDs or digital viewings?

    As long as you keep any optical disc in good condition, in its case and out of direct sunlight or extreme temperatures, they can last a lot longer than you think.

    I have discs that I burned 15 years ago that still play perfectly because I keep them at…

  • Resigned Acceptance

    It's not a low mood, or emotional anguish, it is literally just a resigned acceptance that everything happening is too much and there's only one course of action. Not an immediate need, just a it will happen when it does. I'm still doing things I enjoy…