I don't have Asperger's (that I know of) but the man that I love does, and some of you know that I found this forum when I was learning about Asperger's in hopes of better understanding him.
Well, about a month ago we broke up, but we're still best friends. In spite of the break up, I still love him very much and I can't shake the feeling that he still loves me, but he's been so stressed out and depressed as of late and I can't help but think thatsaid stress and depression played a major role in our break up. He's attending university (it's his second semester), but he has to first take prerequisite courses (he's a Biology major and he wants to become a geneticist), he's lost contact with all of his real life friends, he can't seem to get out due to classes to make new friends, and most of our online friends don't talk to us anymore.
We run a group on DeviantArt together, which has a chat room where we were hoping to make new friends, but no one comes in and I just sent out notes to all group members in hopes of trying to start a discussion group (and this was after we both posted several DA journals about said room and even mentioned it to individual group members). I'm the only person he's even talking to at this point. I'm trying to be there for him, but he's been really depressed to the point of lashing out at me verbally, letting him know I'm here seems to make him feel worse, he hasn't wanted to make new art in a month and a couple of nights ago he was even talking about deactivating his DeviantArt account, thus cutting off all contact with me and anyone else who may actually want to talk.
I know he's frustrated and I can't blame him, but I he's become really pessimistic and seems so angry as of late as of late and I really don't know how to help him, especially since we're two time zones apart (and it will be three when Daylight Savings Time starts). He was always cynical, but I could see past that and deep down he is a good person and a good friend, but his depression as of late has me really worried.
If anyone has any kind of advice they can give me, then please do. I'm nearly at a loss.
