Are people with Aspergers more likely to commit suicide?

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I imagine so.

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I think about it every day. And I don't have children. That's the best thing I never did, is pass on this agonizing existence to another generation. Besides, my ancestors do not deserve the honor. So, I have a pet that I love, but other than that, there's not much keeping me here

i have some more jejune thoughts/queries to air here on the special pages of WP-

does low-functioning=hermithood/high-functioning=successful NT emulation [for better or worse]?
does low-functioning=single incel virgin/high-functioning=happily randy and lucky party animal?
does low-functioning=poverty/high-functioning=upperclass mansions and toys?
does low-functioning=victim of compassionless higher-functioning bullies?

somebody please tell me that nikki bacharach is in heaven now, god rest her soul. - [click my purpleness, por favor ]

I don't doubt for one second that the rate of suicide attempts and completion among people with ASD is very high and has not been adequately addressed or acknowledged.

Even now, the specter of suicide is always there, as a potential way out.

I have tried three times seriously (the second time, when I was 18, I had to be "pumped out" and remained hospitalized for almost a week) and I'm only 29.

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I'd bet it's high. If depression is often comorbid (or whatever the term) with AS , then I don't see why not. Ive certainly considered it myself at times in my life, though never tried. But I think many people do.

From everyhting I've read, I'd say risk of suicide in people with neurlogical disorders is significantly higher than in those without.

I have AS (and likely ADD) and I suffered from depression for a long time in my early to mid teens, but never to the point where I considered suicide. I guess I'm one of the outliers, sort of, in this community from everything I've read. I just held the idea in mind that tomorrow was a fresh start, another chance to do something I liked to do, and that was more than enough to keep me going.

learn to love the reflection in the mirror in the morning. find something, ANYTHING, to truly love about oneself and be appreciative of. find something positive about oneself which differentiates oneself from the world of other people. there is always something.

I don't know but I know I have been often. Have tried attempting it. It was better then it was but now i have these major mood swings. It is because we aspies feel different.

I've been having periodical feelings of suicidalness lately. I keep thinking about how I'm never going to compare to these NT's.

And furthermore, I'm not sure I fully understand what friendship is supposed to be. The First-grade teacher said that friends is something your supposed to "have" in order to keep you happy or something. Ever since then, I kept viewing people as objects for some reason. Psychologically, I keep thinking that friendship is necessary in order to live life when its not. I don't know how to care for other people besides myself when they start forming their "boyfriend-girlfriend relationships". Talking becomes more difficult when your not aloud to talk about certain things because they are too personal.

NT's seem so much smarter then me. They treat me like a kid sometimes.

NT's always have something to do to keep them occupied so I'm kinda curious about what they do exactly that I don't.

No one understands myself more then I do but just barely that. I don't expect them too.

For some reason, they see us as "Mentally-retarded"" or "stupid" when they come the the conclusion that we're autistic when we stay quiet for 3 weeks of school-life so they automatically ignore us.

I do not think it is my AS that makes me suicidal....its probably the other mental issues I have including depression, anxiety, PTSD and some issues probably related to having a rather horrid childhood and A very unstable family. I am not always suicidal lately I have been kind of on and off. Also another somewhat unrelated thing that does not help is how a lot of people think people in my economic situation regardless of why are parasites, worthless, garbage ect and the media feeds on it. I guess that sort of mentality kind of disturbs me considering the sorts of things humans have been capable of in the past.

many aspies who are blue about their whole situation, should take a hint from the deaf peoples' coping playbook- aspies should also have their own language and culture separate from NTs, as the deaf do from the hearing world. a deaf person doesn't consider him/herself inferior to a hearing person, just differently abled, and an aspie should think likewise about him/herself relative to NTs. just my 2-cents' worth, adjusted for inflation