Is suicide common in people with aspergers?

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.