Anxiety

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I've probably had about every kind of anxiety disorder at one time or another: generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, OCD, and probably some PTSD.

Medication never seemed to do that much for me (or at least not enough to justify enduring the side effects). I've generally gotten more help from books. The therapists I've seen have tended to be of little or no help, or worse.

You know, I have a similar problem, but kind of flipped on its head. I had a friend visiting, and we were talking what we had been doing lately, and she remarked "every time I come back, you're doing something new!" It was then that I realized that "normal" people only had one thing that they were into, and they stuck with it. I starting going through my special interests, over and over again, trying to figure out which ones I could eliminate, so I could have one hobby/career path. But even though I like each one of them a lot, I couldn't imagine spending all of my time for the rest of my life working with just one of them.

This has been a very stressful past few years. I still haven't narrowed it down, and I've recently decided that I don't want to. Where is it written that you can only love doing one thing? Nowhere. That's where.

Is it natural for autistic people/Aspies to have anxiety?

In my experience, it is (although I'm no psychologist). It certainly would make sense, though. Being over/under sensitive to your environment, can leave you confused and flustered much, if not all, of the time, not to mention having trouble interpreting the people around you, which leads to even more problems. Anxiety feels like a natural response to feeling lost or out of control.

I can relate I worried about things alot. I struggle from Anxiety as well for alot of different reasons.

I have a history of worrying from a young age. One of my treasured objects as a child was a Worry Bird <click>.

If you are interested, there’s a pretty good book on this topic entitled, “Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management” by Nick Dubin.

I see.

I've read that book, and would also recommend it.