Do you keep your problems to yourself?

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That is hard for me, too - even if people can tell something is wrong with me I generally either have no clue what it is or can't verbalize it in the least . . .

Do!!

I Am A Rock by Simon & Garfunkel

A winter’s day
In a deep and dark december;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I’ve built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Don’t talk of love,
But I’ve heard the words before;
It’s sleeping in my memory.
I won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.

when we hurt, many of us would like someone who would listen and not judge us,
but for the most part the world at large (including those whom we call friends)
tend to be judgemental even if its just kept to them selves, and for the most part do not truly care to listen,
it seems more of a bother to them.

I rarely tell my bf what is actually going on, it's usually something really stupid if I'm highly stressed-not something you guys would find all that stupid, though, lol. My thing is always a combination of things since I have kids, and it rarely ever changes, I'm constantly stressed out.

There is always noise, shrieking, screaming, arguments, running, jumping, unpredictable movements. During it I'm trying to talk to him and make dinner, or I'm trying to focus on something... silly stuff to him.

The thing that really bugs me though is people want to "fix" the problem, or try to relate in some weird way. I don't need that, I just need him to listen is all... and maybe try to understand instead of trying to relate. You can relate to something, but an experience for him is completely different than something for me... it kind of fades out the problem when he puts it in his own perspective, and then he doesn't get why it's so stressful for me.

yah probably more than id like. wich is why im going to go to calidornia next month to try and save a relationship between me and someone in my family, im sure it wont work but i'll give it one more good try

Yes, I do. I wan't people to think I'm okay. I can't tell anyone that I suspect I have Asperger's.

I try to most of the time, because a. everyone else has enough problems of their own without having to deal with mine as well and b. when I DO talk about my problems, people vomit their psuedo-psychologist BS all over me, even when I specifically ask them to just shut up and LISTEN!

If I could talk I’d probably tell everyone everything; much like I do here.

But...uh, "out there"? Nope....

I know exactly how that feels, I'm always paranoid that talking about my problems will result in NT's giving me a smug look like I'm crazy. It irritates me because my problems aren't at all different from theirs, they just see the way I am and pass off my problems as "crazy kid being awkward"


ERRRRRR *grumble*

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For the most part, yes. Usually it's because I have difficulty verbalizing my thoughts, especially when it comes to feelings and sequencing what I want to say.

Those times when I am able to talk about problems, sometimes I'll get told I'm overanalyzing something (I'm a naturally analytical person, why does that have to be a negative?), that I should do such and such about it (in a judgmental tone), that I should just relax and not be so intense, or people getting annoyed with me if I can't verbalize my problem with NT like ability. And oftentimes all I want is for someone to just LISTEN and let me vent.

So that's why I keep things bottled up a lot of the time. But I'm hoping that spending more time here with people much like myself will help me feel more comfortable talking about things that I can't really talk about IRL.

...I have just about no one to talk to .

Total opposite.

I will quite readily club people I barely know over the head with my problems.... no hesitation.
I'm not so bad as it used to be because I was basically taught that most people don't want to know if my arse is bleeding or what gave me that headache yesterday; that they'd rather just live in a happyshiny delusional world where everything is fine and dandy.

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Very situational for me, even with people I trust. It's hard to talk and explain what is going on inside verbally, and if someone interrupts or interjects with their own narratives I often cease trying because I do not feel that I am being listened to... I find I'm frequently interrupted, which is very very frustrating. I don't know that you have to be an NT to be heard; rather, I think so many NTs are so wrapped up in themselves that they don't communicate all the time either, regardless of whether the other party is NT or OTS. They sometimes chatter and prattle on like so many parrots. unaware that they're making noise instead of sharing. Not all the time, but it's something that is taken for granted by those who don't struggle so much.


M.

Lol, I completely agree with you there.
Even if I tell someone in real life what problems i'm going through, they usually tell me that I'm worrying too much, being pessimistic or overanalyzing my emotions. They'd rather just blame my problems on AS, rather than realize that I AM a person with REAL feelings and issues just like them! It's like, they don't want me to ruin their day.

For that reason and many more, I tend to keep things to myself until they erupt in either rage or sink me into deep depressions.