I wish I tried kidney instead of meds. They messed me up unnecessarily. My issue with the life net is are the people doing it actually effective or do they just talk sweet and have a degree but can’t manage their own lives. I called AANE and they gave me advice to avoid family events for rest, but that was in my case the opposite of what I should have done.
22:40, CBT/cognitive behavioral therapy isn’t a help for asd persons. It’s not therapy, at all, but is a form of abuse. What other disability, present from birth, is handled in that way? Not one.
I so appreciate them both sharing that vulnerable experience. That all must have been frightening at the time. She reached out for help and was successfully treated, thankfully. I hope the other issues also work out.
Should treatment be the only option for depression? It can be lifelong and reoccurring, with brutal symptoms. We have a right to dignity. My body, my choice.
Imagine this with having CPTSD from narcissistic parents, being an HSP, I experienced SA at the age of 12, various narcissistc/abusive partners, raising two children ( Inhad at 21 and 23) totally on my own while working in a physically hard job while having Fibromyalgia. I was depressed and suicidal since I was a teenager, pregnant with my first son at the age of 15.... A certain situation about two months ago made me have weird meltdowns which differed from my trauma related problems which I've healed almost fully from, since making changes in my life. I came across neurodivergence and back to where I was about 15 years ago, when being in a relationship with a "typical autistic man". I hit much higher on any test than he did, but I never considered to be autistic. Now I do, being 52, desperately trying to get a diagnosis because without it, I can't join the self-help group in my town
I've built resentment for my mom because I didn't understand growing up and I really don't know how to resolve my feelings of trauma it caused emotionally. Do you have any advice?
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"She had to make the very hard decision to reduce contact with them"...I love how she said this, because it's is truly very hard, but necessary. I had to do it for a while. It's important to go slow and build boundaries. The meditation book called 30 Days to Stop Obsessing by Harper Daniels was a great for me.
After masking subconsciously for 55 years, I found out what it was here on RU-vid. I actually remember when I was 4 years old, deciding I shouldn't flap my hands because no one else did. I mark that as the time I started trying to fit in. I'd like to be myself now, but whenever there's another human present, I automatically go into survival mode. I don't feel safe because I wasn't most of my life.
I thank God for people like you trying to make the world a better place for us all. I didn't know I was autistic until I was 51. My own mom just started trying to understand me when I was 59. Better late than never, I suppose. 😊
I can see how much Dr. Hendrickx understands autism and autistic people's needs. However, it's very frustrating to watch this hour-and-a-half long presentation and actually apply anything to reality. My reality here in Canada is that I need to get whatever is available while I can, or I starve to death. I get a job, burn out, spend months recovering, run out of money, get another terrible job, rinse, repeat. As for getting a job, it's the hardest part for me. Once I'm in everybody loves me because I'm intelligent, responsible, hard-working and incredibly reliable. But who cares? If you're a neurotypical HR manager I'm just a problem.
I had thought to be alone but at 57 I read the symptoms and said yeas to all. AANE let me understand that there are many of us. AANE has also supported my work as an artist and several of my paintings have been sold from the AANE Gallery. Living now in Canterbury, N.H. I can not attend meetings regularly but I still keep in touch. When at the first Aspie art show I saw others such as me and i said, " What Brave New World That Has Such People In It."
I wanted to listen to this so much because of the content and experience of the speakers but the sound quality was so awful I couldn’t bear it. Read the room.
This is a good message. My PCP doctor also told me this. I have moderate support needs and will never be independent by American standards. It is good to remember that we are all interdependent.
Great content and very helpful. Presenters need to get it together! Reading to people with ZERO inflection is off-putting and patronizing at best! Shane on you!
