Would you describe your life as happy or sad?

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This is a bit the same thing that happened to me. In the kindergarden I never played with other children, I was close to them but I didn't interact with them. At primary school the teachers and some of my classmates tried to involve me in the other children's plays, but some other times it was like everyone had forgotten about me and left me alone in the classroom. Middle school has been the worst stage for me, because I was bullied and no one wanted me because I was considered "weird". But now at high school I'm quite ok, people don't bother me though they say I'm "weird", and I have two very good friends, and my others classmates try to socialize with me.
About the photo, I'm like you about this: there are photos in which I openly smile, and you'd never say I have AS, but there are others in which I keep an emotion-less face or I "make grimaces".




Yes, some times I have behaviours that me make me feel ashames, too. For example this summer my aunt dragged me in a very crowded beach, and I was very upset because of this, I couldn't do anything but lay face down with the hat covering my face and making sounds symilar to moans with my throat. Mom said that when she came to the beach, everyone was looking at me.
And about the last sentence, I think in the same way you do. I'm not happy of having AS, but I'm happy of the way I'm learning to overcome the negative symptoms.

I'm very happily living a very sad life

Both, my life is happy AND sad and I can't really decide.

I also have a view years to go, that I can be really sure...!

I'm extremely positive when I'm at my worst, and quite depressed at my best. It's an odd twist, no idea why.

Looking back I'd have to say that it's been mostly sad. I've spent the majority of my life being ridiculed and made fun of. During HS it even ended a relationship I was in because people just couldn't keep their noses out of my life. That probably hurt the worst because it was their rumors and speculation about me, that caused that relationship to fail. Although after the fact my ex found out it was a lie and apologized, even though the whole thing wasn't really her fault she felt like she needed to apologize because she didn't ask me first.
You can probably tell I have a little bit of ADD because I kind of strayed slightly off topic with that.
Throughout my entire life I haven't had many friends, in fact I could probably count with one hand how many I had at any given time. The amount of friends I have right now is actually very small, probably two that I can really think of that I speak with regularly. It's something I've gotten used to over the years.

I can say I've been mostly happy as of right now. I have an awesome family, and see my friends out of school more often now. I just started college and seem to like it so far. My life has been pretty good overall, but there have been some moments where I wondered why I was alive. Life has its ups and downs I guess.

don't envy the Neurotypicals too much. they have there own sets of problems like us. one moment you see a happy group off friends hanging out the next day you find out that his girlfriend is cheating with your best friend, or a picture of a happy family then one day the father shots hisvwife and kidsbover some drug induced psychosis. the point is there is no perfect happiness even for Neurotypicals, we all have problems no matter what our differences are.

Yes.
Happy.
Sad.

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couldn't have said it better myself. your family is the strongest pillar of strength you have.

the many but false and the few but true. i would not hesitate to choose the latter and neither should you. in life you only need a few friendsvthat are true.

I agree, over time I've found that it's better to have only a few friends that are trustworthy than to have many that aren't.

I realise the choice is either happy or sad, but I can't pick one.
I seem to cruise along between the two.

Really? Most people around me seem quite unhappy. The autistics I see seem happier than the NT's .....
Dont have to work or breed.... its got a hellava lot going for it.

Really it can be a privilege if you turn it around.
I'm definitely happier than many NT's I know

Neither. "Underwhelming" would be a more appropriate description of my life.

id say about even.

I had an assessment only last week and was diagnosed ASD. Funny thing is I was actually asked to describe how happiness feels, strange question I thought, quite an overwhelming question too. I was only able to answer it feels the opposite to sadness

Mostly happy. My life started out as both happy and sad, but it got happier as the years passed by. I also had two rough patches, but my happy times outnumber those patches by far.