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TW-suicide . . . I’m exhausted from living in a society not meant for my brain. I’m beyond autistic burnout and have forced myself to be a hermit so I don’t act impulsively and kill myself. I’ve read recent studies that females with ASD are 6-8x more likely to be suicidal because of masking. I’m out of hope and strength to continue.
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I saw a fellow autistic woman make a video that I really related to. Maybe it will help you, too. Ya know out of sight out of mind, object permanence that some neurodivergent people struggle with? Her idea was that as an autistic person she had emotional put of sight out of mind. That she felt emotions so deeply and acutely and in the moment couldn't fathom other emotions ever existing. I'm not gonna lie and sat things will definitely get better - maybe they will maybe they won't. And your frustrations and feelings are all valid and reasonable. But regardless of what the next page holds I can promise you chance is going to happen and you won't know what that change is if you're not here. The change is worth sticking around for.
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@SunInAugust wow, i totally experience something similar to that. thank you for sharing, because it honestly makes a lot of sense
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i relate to this a lot 🥺 i’ve been having a lot of trouble recently trying to assimilate back into public society after being isolated from the pandemic, and being around people who don’t understand my conditions is terrifying. i don’t know if i can act neurotypical/allistic anymore 😅 but i feel like the best advice i can give you is to find stupid, for lack of a better term, reasons to keep going. the ones that worked best for me were knowing my family and pets would miss me, not being able to see the really nice warm days outside that make you feel like you’ll never be sad again, wanting to see if things get better, etc. any little bit of hope is worth holding onto, even if others around you don’t understand. if you wanna stay alive ONLY because you want to see a new movie or something, use that. it really helps.
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You can do this. Keep fighting as hard and you can and don't give up love. It will be worth it in the long run
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