Has autism negatively impacted your life?

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11 Nov 2014, 8:22 pm

I think it has negatively impacted mine.

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11 Nov 2014, 8:24 pm

Nope. But, the reactions and hostility of others certainly has.

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11 Nov 2014, 8:33 pm

It has, a lot more bad than good coming out simply because I was autistic. Had a sh***y childhood, abusive parents,been bullied, taken advantage of (still), who is just a lost soul, digging for some form of truth.

I can't even get into my obsessions, without people bashing me out of the way. No one even wants to bother of me looking at those pop science youtube videos.

It just generally seems that people simply hate me and want to constantly break me down as much as possible.

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11 Nov 2014, 8:39 pm

Yes. It keeps me from doing things others have no problem with and gives me sensory problem and causes meltdowns.

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11 Nov 2014, 9:01 pm

AspieUtah wrote:

Nope. But, the reactions and hostility of others certainly has.

That's the same with me. The hostility and reactions are even worse coming from my own family. I guess that my mum was putting me into a box before I was conceived. She wanted a sassy b***h, but she got sensitive, thoughtful Mick Avory instead.

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11 Nov 2014, 9:03 pm

I believe is has partially caused me to be in the hospital that has changed my life in a negative way

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11 Nov 2014, 9:08 pm

Yes.

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11 Nov 2014, 9:55 pm

I think my ADHD and general physical weakness (dyspraxia?) have had more of a negative impact on my life. I think my autistic traits somewhat mitigate my ADHD.

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12 Nov 2014, 1:41 am

Most of the problems I've had in my life can be traced back to being autistic, in some way, shape, or form, so yes.

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12 Nov 2014, 2:13 am

Probably, yes. I wouldn't describe myself as a functioning person.

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12 Nov 2014, 2:39 am

Areas of poor executive functioning, poor motor coordination and a slight speech impediment have had negative effects. A lot of negative effects are a result of non acceptance of perfectly legitimate Autistic traits and preferences.

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12 Nov 2014, 2:45 am

In some ways it has but probably the thing that affected my life the most in a negative way is decades of clinical depression. Just no way to work around that...it's always that dark, crushing cloud from which there is no escape.

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12 Nov 2014, 2:57 am

Of course, I don't really care though I'm still cool with it

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12 Nov 2014, 6:11 am

Yes, in almost every area of my life there are (or used to have) something that i can't do because of autism.

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12 Nov 2014, 8:01 am

It has defined my life.

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12 Nov 2014, 8:58 am

I don't have anything to compare living with autism to. So I can't really tell. It's a huge part of my personality for better or worse.

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