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Dragonfly_Dreams, I''l be most sincere in saying, I've been in therapy for Depression & Anxiety for over 21yrs now.. Yep, a long time indeed. However, some of my issues have been due to circumstance whereas others might have been brought about with dealing with AS.Still, I'm glad though that I'm able to alleviate much of the stress which caries on in the outside world by either posting replies or reading what I feel is significant posts here that have been most helpful..

im in speach therapy to help my problems and now also pressure therapy..ttraples would love that lol

Yep. I see a counselor every couple of weeks. She does mostly cognitive stuff... I am working on learning how to get my schedule into some sort of regularity, especially since I seem unable to do actual work for more than about three hours at a time, once a day. If I am ever to get a job I need to be capable of eight hours...

I've been on disability since 2002, and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to hold a full time job. Most of my work in therapy so far has been revolving around how to talk to people, how to learn to communicate effectively. I went to two years of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and I feel that it helped me a lot. Mostly in understanding why other people say or do the things they do.

I guess part of my confusion lies in that things I used to do were deemed as inappropriate and bad. Like rocking, spacing off, saying random things, joking inappropriately, not understanding jokes or getting offended at things that were jokes was seen as a personality flaw, not asking for help or being able to function alone in many ways was seen as co-dependency, indecisiveness and impulsively combined with extreme times of creativity was called Bipolar, being chameleon like around others because I always felt awkward, feeling like a poser at life, and self harm behaviors I've done since I was little, head banging, rocking, hitting myself, and eventually when I was 20 I starting cutting. DBT helped me to stop that, but it was replaced by other things. I try very hard not to do them now bascically because I was told I was a bad mother for doing many of these things. When I would be doing what we now know as stimming, even if it wasn't hurting anyone.. I was told I was a bad mom. They threatened to take my kids. All that was called Borderline Personality disorder based on the fact that I was sexually abused when I was little. Other than that I had a happy life living with my grammy.

I know I'm rambling. I'm sorry.

Basically, I was told I was bad and wrong for the way I was acting. That it needed to stop and be changed.

Now I'm being told its how I am. And I guess I'm confused where to go from here.

Thank you all for your insights and honesty so far.

I've been in therapy on and off since I was 14 years old. It's never really helped as I can never seem to tell the therapist whats on my mind, so they end up thinking i'm fine and dismissing me from their services.
The things I was in therapy for (officially) were anxiety and depression. But we discussed a few other things such as social problems, anger and my childhood.

I'm meant to be starting therapy again soon for depression-related issues. It's going to be more wasted time...so good thing it's for free.

Im seriously considering trying it for the first time.

Going to get an initial appointment some time soon now, curious to see if they can help me in anyway.

I was seeing a Psychologist a few years ago for depression, followed by a bonafide Psychiatrist with my then BF. I could of been diagnosed with something then, but I wasn't exactly honest throughout the session cos I didn't want my BF to know about my obsessions and OCD.
I may be seeing a psychologist some time in the coming months (my employer is sending me there). I have no idea what will happen or if she'll diagnose me with anything.

I'm in therapy for many things including my depression, autism, anxiety, and something I don't agree with which is schizoaffective disorder. I also see a psychiatrist as well. My depression is very severe but I always appear happy. Even while suicidal I look and even act happy so no one takes me seriously. I have inappropriate emotions and even though I am depressed, I can't cry. I have been in therapy on and off most of my life.

I'm in therapy though its not so much for AS. I was put in therapy for anxiety, chronic pain and PTSD. She's tried hypnotism, biofeedback and EMDR treatments, but honestly none of it works very well. The EMDR might work better if she did it consistantly instead of making me wait 2-3 weeks between treatments.

I have a weird relationship with my therapist. I hated her at first. Then I got sexually attracted to her; we have super bad transference going on and now I am able to manipulate her to the point I had her almost ready to cry at the end of our session last week. uhm... I don't think its suppose to work like that. I was really depressed so I ended up making her depressed. I thought psychs were suppose to be immune to that stuff.

I used to be. I'm not anymore. I'm more content with myself than therapists ever are; so why go and get told I need to change when I'm happy as is? I mean, I'm in grad school with at least a 3.6 (haven't checked in a bit)--so I must be doing something right. I just got a job--had a successful interview and everything. I even brought up my having Asperger's Syndrome. It turned out that both of my interviewers had family members on the spectrum.

I've been seeing a psychotherapist for nearly 6 months now. Not for AS, as I don't see this as needing a cure. I'm looking for insight (yeah and a cure would be nice) into the ever more serious bouts of depression I've been getting for many years.

I don't know how it works, but the strange thing is, I recently have felt genuinely happier than I have for many years.