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nintendofan
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22 Nov 2011, 10:06 am

hi
i find it hard to talk to pepole.
i can only talk to my mum and my younger brother, i have 4 brothers (3 older) and 1 sister (older), i can just barley talk to one of my older brothers (who still lives home) and my older sister (not at home.) .
there is a lady that takes me out on trips every week to help me cope with going outside and learing to do things outside etc
she has been taking me out for a couple of months now and i have only just maneged to say a few words to her, she gets very happy when i do and hugs me.
i found it hard to talk to my dad who died in april, he would be angry alot but not his fault he had diabeties and my mum said when his blood suger is low he gets realy angry uncontrolably, and that was quite often, so i was scared alot.
my dad didnt understand my problems didnt accept them.
i keep thinking pepole are allways angry at me if they sound diffrent to they did before then i get scared.
i cant look at anyone at the eyes, only mum but somtimes not even mum.
whenever i try to talk to pepole its extremly hard and stresful, the lady that takes me out just lets me talk to her by typing on her iphone, which isnt the best when she is driving, because she takes the phone off me after i type a message, and holds it up to the wheel and reads when driving.
i have a badge that says i have autism when i go out by myself, but pepole act mean to me when i do so i dont realy want to wear it anymore. when i get on a bus i cant tell the driver where i want to go and pepole start looking and the driver starts shouting at me even when i wear the badge.


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22 Nov 2011, 1:54 pm

It sounds like you may have social anxiety and agoraphobia in addition to AS...so it would help if you looked into those disorders as well. I am glad you are taking steps to improve your situation too...just remember that you are doing things well at your own pace. Try not to push yourself too hard.


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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.

This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.

My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.