How much do you suffer?

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I'm still alive therefor I suffer for it.

Not nearly as much as the autism "experts" and Auti$m $peaks would like me to be suffering.

I chose 6. I usually balance out at the worse end of neutral. Past year or so I've been slowly going insane from intrusive thoughts, so maybe that ups the score to 6.5 on bad days in the past six months, but it isn't misery and it doesn't last.

4 --> floor((1.0 + 8.0)/2.0);
High fluctuations, sometimes I forget about suffering.
When I remember about it, it's around 7-9.

Well if we are going to get realllly nit-picky, which I am fantab-ulously AWESOME at being, I would deconstruct my personal misery quota/scale/timeline as the follow:
Ages: 0-1: probably about 9-10 physically speaking I had many MANY physical issues and was in the ICU for most of this part of my life for some crap or whatever. I don't remember this of course!
1-3: Don't know don't really care. N/A
3-5: I remember this time period- already started to loathe school, in this case preschool. I have vivid memories (still) from this time all unhappy ones. about a 5.
5-7: This was a horrible point, first bouts of self-harm and suicidal thoughts I'd say a 7.5 due to extreme bullying.
8: Due to a move, less problematic calmed down to a 6.
9-11: don't remember much here apathy and anhedonia set in maybe a ... 4?
12-13: This time sucked too. 8.5 withdrew into my books, skipped school- very much a truant. Grades would fluctuate daily between a 23% to 99% depending on my mood. No one seemed to care.
14: I had a great science class this year, was happier. 2.0
15-18.5: I was paradoxically going through a lot during school here, but was surprisingly happy picked up two new sports. A solid 3/4..?
18.5-19: I was really f*****g great and doing well in life: a 0.
19: s**t happened like really happened ... went into a tail spin that I'm still trying to get out of ... 9/10 got into therapy ... which went horribly.
20-22: It's kind of a blur at this point but not a pleasant one ... 9? I wandered into traffic after not sleeping for 2 days while walking back home from a cafe... Almost flunked out of school passed due to the auspices of a kind professor's intervention. Got sick a lot.
22.5-22.7:Lots of changes here- Extremely happy but still going through a lot of things- went traveling! A solid 2.3.
22.7-23: s**t hit the fan again haha!Knock it back up to 7.5
23-present day: The mileage has varied... got extremely sick almost hospitalized and lots of depression so about a 9 most seasons. Currently about a 9 moments of solace- like when I can connect with other not-NTs.

However most of my misery is due almost entirely to environment, which I find to be very heartening! Before discovering this I thought myself incapable of joy and that life was one ceaseless continuum of apathy, discomfort,horror, and isolation. However, moments of true happiness- moments I cherish- have provided me the proof that my initial model and view of the world was skewed by insufficient data and limited scope. Realizing the flaws in my analysis and my recent Autism self-diagnosis has afforded me much reason for hope.

I put an 8. It's a difficult thing to explain, the situation that I've been in for 6-8 years now. I'm not necessarily 'sad', I just don't find enjoyment from anything, I can't pursue aims, goals etc almost all of the time, and I also don't feel sadness, happiness etc. It's like an emptiness, and that is sometimes hard to deal with, because it makes all objectives in life seem pointless, when you're unable to feel the satisfaction or disappointment from your efforts. I've had suicidal thoughts (quite serious thoughts) over the last few years, and over the last few months especially, although I'm in a fairly stable place right now.

I wouldn't put a 9 or a 10, because I'm not "in pain" or "suffering", it's just a constant emptiness, and that makes things hard to appreciate.

Varies. I'll categorize it by environment level instead of my own developmental age.

After Infancy (Age 1-3)= Not sure, a 2? 1?
Before Elementary (Age 4-5)= 4
Early Elementary (Age 6-8) = 6
Later Elementary (Age 9-12) = 7
High School (Age 13(Yes, I sort of stopped)17) = 9
College (Age 18-19) = 4
Present = 2

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It used to be pretty high but nowadays it's about a 3

10

What do you like to do, Carcard?