I’m an 18 year old highschool dropout with asperger syndrome and has thoughts of suicide from time to time.
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I will edit this post every so often adding more details.
Im sorry to hear about you having Asperger’s Syndrome. I know a guy who has it and it’s pretty difficult for him to deal with. He does go to school and seems to be pretty smart. Only he has a hard time relating to other people and seems to have a difficult time managing his emotions.
He went through a terrible trauma during his childhood and I believe that he replays that trauma in his head over and over and seems to have a lot of anxiety over it. I don’t know where you are at fully in dealing with your aspergers. But I hope that things get better for you and your able to live a normal life. You can post here anytime. There are a lot of helpful caring pepople here.
Good luck with everything.
I was a good student, but had painful socail anxity. It wasn’t that I was uncapeble of makeing friend’s, I actually had a lot of friends, some good, some bad, some that I still talk to.
* I have some childhood trauma
that I keep replaying in my head *
I used to live in Long Island, NY. Long Island is a place that seen better days. Basically its isolated economy was discontinued much like Detroit’s was. The area I grew up in was particularly bad, It wasn’t uncommon to see people dealing drugs and selling themselves to the night when “getting the bread and milk”
(a slang term for buying groceries that was conceived from a YouTube video that went viral during hurricane Sandy which Martial law had to be implemented in my town for 2 weeks it kinda makes me think of the movie “the purge”).
* In my former school district *
When I was 5 or something years old
I was placed in life skills classes because I failed a IQ test and was terribly shy which made the special ed department think I was retarded and life skills is where retarded people go (in reality I failed the IQ test because I couldn’t focus and was terribly shy because of the verbal abuse I received at home). My Mom (who is a teacher certified in assisting children with special needs) took me out of pubic school and enrolled me in a Christian homeschool program called A Beka where I leared to read and sparked a desire to be normal which was hotter then a thousands Suns (within this 3 year period I also developed depression, anxiety and self destructive tendencies) many In which I still struggle with to this day.
Things have already gotten a lot better I have enough clarity/maturity to hold a part time job, I’m doing a much better job coping with impulsivity (I probably have ADHD and bi polar disorder as well).
For the longest time I thought that forgiveness/apologizing was a sign of weakness I was so wrong
I was raised in a conservative middle class Irish/German family with 4 older brothers
and that means serval thing tough love, knowing the diffrecee between an alcoholic and a heavy drinker, Protestantism and Vulgar conversations expected to act older then my age and older brothers that make gossipe look like child’s play, honering my parents (which means that children are seen not heard)
I’m sorry for replying to a newbie’s post today
I won’t do it again until I’m ready
Til then I will focus on my poetry, my art, my issues
My best friend of ten years has Asperger’s Syndrome. From what I’ve seen, it isn’t fun. She’s been bullied her whole life and is now very depressed. I’m so sorry for the challenges you’ve inevitably faced.
Welcome to the forum. We’re here to listen. Maybe even give advice. I hope posting here helps you.
I just got off the phone with my heath care provider and I no longer have insurance, since I’m 18 I no longer have to have parental consent which is probly going to be the best thing that ever happen to me
Honestly I’m glad to no longer be a guinea pig for big phama.
Now I need to stay out of trobel and do something with my life
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Im sorry to hear about you having Asperger’s Syndrome. I know a guy who has it and it’s pretty difficult for him to deal with. He does go to school and seems to be pretty smart. Only he has a hard time relating to other people and seems to have a difficult time managing his emotions.
He went through a terrible trauma during his childhood and I believe that he replays that trauma in his head over and over and seems to have a lot of anxiety over it. I don’t know where you are at fully in dealing with your aspergers. But I hope that things get better for you and your able to live a normal life. You can post here anytime. There are a lot of helpful caring pepople here.
Good luck with everything.
Thank You
* I dropped almost 2 years ago *
I was a good student, but had painful socail anxity. It wasn’t that I was uncapeble of makeing friend’s, I actually had a lot of friends, some good, some bad, some that I still talk to.
* I have some childhood trauma
that I keep replaying in my head *
I used to live in Long Island, NY. Long Island is a place that seen better days. Basically its isolated economy was discontinued much like Detroit’s was. The area I grew up in was particularly bad, It wasn’t uncommon to see people dealing drugs and selling themselves to the night when “getting the bread and milk”
(a slang term for buying groceries that was conceived from a YouTube video that went viral during hurricane Sandy which Martial law had to be implemented in my town for 2 weeks it kinda makes me think of the movie “the purge”).
* In my former school district *
When I was 5 or something years old
I was placed in life skills classes because I failed a IQ test and was terribly shy which made the special ed department think I was retarded and life skills is where retarded people go (in reality I failed the IQ test because I couldn’t focus and was terribly shy because of the verbal abuse I received at home). My Mom (who is a teacher certified in assisting children with special needs) took me out of pubic school and enrolled me in a Christian homeschool program called A Beka where I leared to read and sparked a desire to be normal which was hotter then a thousands Suns (within this 3 year period I also developed depression, anxiety and self destructive tendencies) many In which I still struggle with to this day.
I think thats enough for one reply
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Hear’s the link to the bread and milk video
https://youtu.be/i6zaVYWLTkU
The warm welcome I received today was amazing
Things have already gotten a lot better I have enough clarity/maturity to hold a part time job, I’m doing a much better job coping with impulsivity (I probably have ADHD and bi polar disorder as well).
For the longest time I thought that forgiveness/apologizing was a sign of weakness I was so wrong
I was raised in a conservative middle class Irish/German family with 4 older brothers
and that means serval thing tough love, knowing the diffrecee between an alcoholic and a heavy drinker, Protestantism and Vulgar conversations expected to act older then my age and older brothers that make gossipe look like child’s play, honering my parents (which means that children are seen not heard)
I’m sorry for replying to a newbie’s post today
I won’t do it again until I’m ready
Til then I will focus on my poetry, my art, my issues
Welcome
Hi
My best friend of ten years has Asperger’s Syndrome. From what I’ve seen, it isn’t fun. She’s been bullied her whole life and is now very depressed. I’m so sorry for the challenges you’ve inevitably faced.
Welcome to the forum. We’re here to listen. Maybe even give advice. I hope posting here helps you.
Thank You
I’m a male and Asperger syndrome affects male and females differently
From what I heard its even harder for females
I hope she finds hope again
I just got off the phone with my heath care provider and I no longer have insurance, since I’m 18 I no longer have to have parental consent which is probly going to be the best thing that ever happen to me
Honestly I’m glad to no longer be a guinea pig for big phama.
Now I need to stay out of trobel and do something with my life
Hey welcome! Everyone’s pretty friendly here (as you’ve probably already noticed). Hope you’ll like it here.