Getting Worse With Age?

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So far, in terms of social interaction (my main AS-related problem) I first got better (childhood to early adolescence to late adolescence) and then got much worse (late adolescence to adulthood). I'm still better than I was as a child, though.

help i seem to be getting more autistic posted yet again

Seems to be with me. But there's a lot more stress in my life than there was back when I was younger. Marriage, moving, employment, etc.

What I wouldn't give to be 8 again.

Hmmm. I suppose I'm drawn to that time because life was more simple. All I generally had to worry about was dealing with boredom most days. There's so many things to worry about now it makes me sick. Going back to 18 and making some changes would be a close second.

Four in the body of a four year old was a good time.... Four in this twenty-fifth isn't so.

Life's definitely got better with age. When I was a child/teenager, I had no friends and knew I was weird but had no idea why. I was the worst in the school at sports, and felt I didn't have enough 'common sense' to ever have a normal life. It amazes me how things have got better with time. In particular how easily I can pass for normal now.

It's been a slow process of gradual learning, with relapses along the way. Maybe I had a bad start with the school I went to, followed by good fortune meeting friendly, tolerant people at university and beyond.

Strangely for one who was unhealthy and unfit as a child, I'm much fitter and young looking than most people of my age now (52). Even got married two years ago.

I'm about the same. I've gotten better in some respects, maybe worse in others (short-term memory). I know a lot of people have problems with memory when they get older but I'm only 25 and I can't remember what I did 5 minutes ago. I still have an excellent long-term memory though.

The age of 8 for me was spent being totally unable to avoid bullies and other abuse. That's why the yecch reaction.

Maybe. Some aspie traits got worse after I was 18.

I'm 53, and I feel things are worse than ever.

Ever more regularly I am having attacks of worry and anxiety, which then lead to heart palpitations and stomach issues. I can pretty much guarantee now that if I have an argument at work or with a colleague, by evening I will be feeling bad, that I won't sleep, and that by morning I will be unable to get out of bed due to a racing heart. Usually the symptoms dissipate by midday.

I even worry that I am going to worry... Example: I like to travel. But in recent years, often on the day of departure I will wake up with the racing heart problem. Last week I had this and couldn't leave home, resulting in a lost train ticket and the need to buy a new much more expensive one later the same day. I worry that I am going to have this problem, and then I do! (self-fulfilling prophecy).

I have fewer friends that I have ever had (essentially none), and I find there is no joy or fun in my life at all. I see others around me having a great time, and it really saddens me that I cannot be in on that. I've tried taking parts in clubs and activities, but I'm always the outsider, on the sidelines being tolerated, but not part of the action.

Macowiec,

I also feel that way. I find myself getting more and more stressed. Life is generally good, but I want to keep it that way. A lot of good things are about to happen and I don't want to ruin them.