Does anyone not get depressed?

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Are there any people here who consider themselves to be on the spectrum yet don't feel like they've ever had trouble with depression? If you are one of these people, why do you think you're not susceptible?

I think that may be me.

Why? I don't know? Always thought it was partly my autism.

Blowing stream like mad and people think I'm a highly depressed and angry person because I have the nerve to tell people I hate them or me and that everyone should die when everybody who knows me and all the professionals and therapists say I'm balanced, stable and confident because I don't believe a word I say about me.

I'm just abnormal like it.

I no longer suffer from depression, or only when I eat gluten.

I used to suffer from depression, ( suicidal on a couple of occasions ), crippling bouts of anxiety/panic, hypo-mania, feelings of unreality, poor sleep etc, but since finding out about food intolerances, I have been able to almost completely eliminate all of them from my life. They only return when I eat gluten again, ( and to some extent, but not so much, dairy ).

I had no idea, by the way, that I was intolerant of gluten, ( no unusual gastrointestinal distress etc ), until a book saying that food intolerance could cause depression, etc, inspired me to try an exclusion diet/fast. The results were astonishing.

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Granted, I'm not officially diagnosed by a person with a PhD. (PhD Candidates working with AS and Autism don't count...)

But I'm not particularly susceptible right now. I think this is because of my lack of emotion - I don't "feel" much. I sometimes get confused and frustrated and scared, but never depressed for more than a very short while.

Also not officially diagnosed with AS. I don't think I've ever had the kind of chronic, disease-type depression that many people suffer from. Don't know why, except perhaps I inherited a pretty positive personality type, as Izzy_Dolphin said I'm not terribly emotional, and I've just been pretty lucky in my life (bad things have happened, but they turned out ok in the end).

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't like emotions so I avoid them and make everything into a good thought. That way I'm not sad and I feel better even if something bad happens.

I used to not get depressed until quite recently.

Up until that point, I guess I was just oblivious to many social expectations...

I did get upset more in my recent years, but I've never had depression.

Never felt depressed. Always have loved life. Might be angry at a person but next day the anger is not there.

i was depressed before i got diagnosed and since then its all been going up no depressed feelings anymore so far so good.

Am do not get depression,sometimes get suicidal thoughts,but its directly related to very bad long term situations happening at the time,remove them-it's like it never happened.
Not to do with memory,but every day is a new start to self,and nothing ever carries over unless its long term,am dont have the awareness or care for things that bother others.

Feelings of depression the same as anybody feels as a natural response to depressing things? Of course I have felt that even if I process it far differently than most people I know. Clinical depression? Depends. I've had those times where I haven't slept for a few days because I'm overstimulated and in so much pain and I probably haven't eaten in a while have I even had any water and oh god maybe if I just dug the painful parts out of my body with something it will leave me alone. I argued to a Doc that when I actually am experiencing a direct sensation that is overwhelming me, that is not clinical depression and they agreed, after they had suggested that any intent to commit self harm qualified me for a depressive disorder.

I think you may be onto something as I usually feel better after going a few days without bread - trouble is bread is one of my obsessions and I don't think I could manage without it .
How do go on without bread ?

I'm more anxious than depressed. People often think I look sad when i'm not.

Meeee~~

I think I'm too absentminded to get depressed. If there's something I should be depressed about, it's hard to keep my mind on it, so I just forget it and go do something fun instead. D:

I was sort of depressed for a little while when I was 10, but then I found a bug.
... okay, so it was a little different from how it sounds, but that's basically what happened.

I cant remember being depressed, ever really.
Then again I also cant recall ever being really excited.