Is suicide common in people with aspergers?
Ah okay I sort of know that area. I've only been around Albany but that was just passing through (I live near Syracuse).
I've been on WP for years and, yes, suicidal ideation is common here. Most of us are outcasts. We were bullied and made to feel like s**t. I always thought I wouldn't even make it to 18. At 30 I finally thought I'd went as far as I could go and attempted suicide. It landed me in a state psych hospital for two months. Yeah, I read about suicide a lot on this site. Sadly, it must be common with this population. I suppose all we can do is draw strength from each other because we're really all we have.
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When I was a child & a teenager, I didn't think about suicide, I didn't know I had Asperger until later in life. In my 20s, I started having a little depression & once I had bad insomnia, I was talking sleeping pills, I remember I couldn't take it anymore, I wanted to kill myself. I wanted to kill myself more after my mom died.
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Anything that causes marginalization can trigger suicidal thinking and actions. But we need to be strong inside ourselves and develop a sense of self worth regardless of ow people treat us or how they judge us.
Do not allow yourself EVER to feel or be devalued by others. You have a right to be alive and you can't get along or be accepted by society simply live life for yourself.
Lucky you. I was spared the knowledge of aspergers until just a few years ago. I'm in my 30's.
I felt isolated and depressed since my teens but when my mom died when i was in my 20's it just became.. the dark ages for me.
Now it's just about living... not even surviving or thinking about how long... but just enjoying each day. what do you do to help you cope?
I have HFA and I think about suicide passively on a daily basis; I don't think we feel as 'different' as Aspies, but I do still get painful moments of self-awareness, to which I react to with suicidal preoccupation. Acting in with substance abuse, and the internet in general has helped ward off these feelings. There have been a few occasions in the past where I have nearly off myself for good, and the only thing that stopped me from doing that was drinking myself into a stupor in some fit of self-hatred. Alcohol has been a cursed gift for me.
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"Subclinical autistic traits" (atypical autism).
Normal intelligence, social and language development.
"vulnerable narcissistic defenses w/ mild borderline traits"; Body Dysmorphic Disorder, (self-diagnosed).
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I would guess so.
With not fitting in, bullying due to looks, bullying for being different or acting different to neurotypicals or not understanding neurotypicals. Anxiety and other mental health problems.
Problems with employment, problems with relationships, isolation and loneliness.
But you know.
What the world sees as our weaknesses
we should try and turn around to make our strengths
or at the very least identify our weaknesses and work on these.
Also, always remember their is always a doctor to speak to who can prescribe some med to sort at least some of our problems out.
I think that as Autism knowledge gets better over the years, problems areas will be identified and people will be given help in the areas that they have problems with.
So, all is not lost. Think of your dreams and work towards them regardless of what anyone else says.
Lucky you. I was spared the knowledge of aspergers until just a few years ago. I'm in my 30's.
I felt isolated and depressed since my teens but when my mom died when i was in my 20's it just became.. the dark ages for me.
Now it's just about living... not even surviving or thinking about how long... but just enjoying each day. what do you do to help you cope?
My mom was my biggest supporter, she let me stay at her house when I was in my 20s, I moved out when I was 37, I wasn't mentally ready to move out, I depended on her sooooo much, I wish I was stronger back then do to alot for myself so I could be prepared for living on my own. After I moved out, my mom was paying for my rent & bills, she did alot more too. When she died, I died too, it became the very dark ages for me too, I stopped caring for myself, I didn't want to go grocery shopping, but I did it anyway, I walk to the grocery store & then walk back home, I started to cry. I moved back in my mom's house, my sister & her son were living there, I wanted to move, I wanted to be closer to my mom. My sister saw the worst of me, I was soooo angry, I hated life, I hated God for taking my mom away, I felt dead inside me, I kept daydreaming about dying, I had a pool, I wanted to go outside & drown. My mom been gone for over 3 years, I'm living on my own again with a cat. I'm struggling to live on my own again, it's difficult living on my own this time, cuz my mom not here to help me. I'm slowly getting better in life now, my mom's spirit is helping me move on. I just take one day at a time.
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