r/autism

Im from Lebanon. Fml! I’m constantly called ‘the crazy one’ by my father. Doctors aren’t patient. Sister said recently ‘where did you get this one [referring to me] from?’

I can’t anymore.

The overstimulation from the war.

The overstimulation from this rotten unforgiving society.

Fk my life.

Why am I not from the west??

You guys don’t know how good you have it.

At least you have laws.

I got nothing. NOTHING!

I’ve checked my playlist and recently realized most of my songs have loud beats and bass

I’m Completely verbal, but I rarely ever talk if I’m not with my friends, Family or anyone I feel comfortable around. I’m a senior in high school and In my 4th hour (Physics) and I don’t have any friends in class so I sit alone and do my own thing. There 2 kids who seem to have a problem with me. Every time I talk or speak they laugh, snicker, Etc. when I don’t talk they laugh, and tell me to talk. Everytime I reach in my bag they act like I’m pulling out a gun. It’s so infuriating and I just felt like I needed to tell people so I can not be so upset. I’m not asking for advice or anything I just needed people to hear me.

while when i say i can't do something.. Its because i can't.

This kind of explains why they often assume we're 'lazy' for not being able to do things, because when they 'can't do things' its because they're choosing not to. For me its not a choice.

Its so frustrating. I can tell that they're really just dismissing my struggles because they think executive dysfunction is just laziness when it's not.

I feel INTENSELY uncomfortable dancing. (In this context I mean social dancing, not choreographed)

It feels like everyone else seems to innately know what to do/how to look. And I swear I think some people have different joints because I can’t make my back/butt move like that no matter how I try!

Dancing just feels like I’m flailing about like a weirdo having some sort of fit, while everyone else looks cool/sexy/like they know what they’re doing.

Anyone else?

As an autistic person, I've found it hard to actually *get* addicted to something and was wondering if anyone else who is autistic can relate. Obviously due to the lack of social skills that all autistic people deal with, I've seen that so many have gotten addicted to weed and alcohol, then found it impossible to stop.

Me and my (also autistic) friend have noticed that we can just stop. I've smoked (both tobacco and weed, vaping) frequently in the past. With weed it was socially, but cigarettes it was 3-4 each day according to supplies, and was a very chronic vaper. Then one day, I got bored, lost my taste and just stopped.

Said friend has mentioned how a lot of autistic people he's interacted with are also the same way, despite the rates of addiction amongst us fellow 'tisms.

I was wondering if there's a reason behind this or if we're just special.

My mental health has been consistently deteriorating for the last few months. I have tried therapy (CBT) 6 times (6 different therapists) in the course of 4 years and it has failed every single time (inexistent progress after 8-10 appointments). It makes me feel profoundly misunderstood, unsupported, and invalidated. I've found that telling the therapist about it does nothing. The final straw for me was my last therapist, who straight up told me "If you don't feel supported, then I can't help you, so just don't come back" even after I invited her to, together, figure out something that works for both.

At this point, I'm starting to think I'm the problem, but regardless...

What alternatives to therapy exist for autistic people? I can't afford ND-informed therapy where I live.

Edit: CBT is generally the cheapest therapy available to me and the only one I’ve been able to afford (DBT, for example, is generally double the price of CBT). Other therapies are inaccessible in this economy (unless someone can help me find an option, but it’s extremely unlikely), so that’s why I ask for alternatives TO therapy, not therapy alternatives of CBT. Thanks again.

I don’t care what people say, having autism is a prison sentence for a crime you didn’t commit with no trial. I takes a minute for me to speak a coherent sentence sometimes. Especially if people need to know something. It’s very overstimulating when people have to speak down to me like I just committed the worst crime in the book. You honestly think I can hold a conversation? I don’t even have enough energy to acknowledge someone’s existence unless I’m drunk. I’m burned out constantly. I can’t even go spend Easter with my parents at the cabin without becoming fatigued and irritated. Then I’d want nothing to do with society for weeks. What kind of life is that?