Aspergers and Depression

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Hey everyone I was just wondering if Aspies are more proned to getting depressed than non Aspies because sometimes I get down for no particular reason and I was wondering what people's opinion are on this is?

Depression is one of the most common associated with Aspergers. You may want to search the WP history or the web for information that will help you.

Here is a detailed report on Asperger's and Depression from the Asperger's Association of New England.

http://www.aane.org/asperger_resources/ ... ssion.html

You're definitely not alone. I feel the same way, getting depressed and not knowing why. The website redrobin62 supplied is really good. Of course I'm in a depressive state right now and reading that website kind of made me feel worst about myself but it did help. I just keep reminding myself that depression does end and it will get better no matter how much I think it wont end, I have to keep believing it will.
I try to analyse what's causing my depression but I never get an answer. I turn into a robot and go numb. It may last a week or two but it does go away and I'm happy again. But my god it is painful going through it.
At this time it's when I wish I was normal and never had aspergers.

I suffer constant depression, daily. In my case, it is due to the amount of effort I put into human relationships, only for the rug to be yanked out from me suddenly, and I have no idea what went wrong.

I get bouts of depression. I can have a few days of being neutral, where I believe, all my bad thoughts and self-pity have been pushed to the back of my mind for a while, then they kind of make their way to a more conscious part which then takes over my whole mood and thoughts and emotions. I even feel this weight down in my stomach when I get this, and just want to scream and verbally attack NTs for having better social skills and better behavioural management and so on. It all just gets to me, which causes bouts of depression.

During depressive days, I start to wish I was somebody else. I know it is depression because I start wishing to be ill or old, and when you start wishing to be ill or old, you must really hate your life. That is how depressed I get. I start to hate myself so much that I feel bitter at other people around me for being able to socialise, and I just start to wonder why the hell I am here. People say ''you're just as good as anybody else'', but I wish more people would act like I am as good as anybody else, by at least giving me some respect. I am a respectable person, I smile and say hello or good morning to people, which is the best I can do and is nothing wrong in that, even if I sound unconfident, it's still better than nothing, but people still expect something better of me because they just walk by and ignore me. And the next person who says ''maybe they are having a bad day'', I will punch. I have a lot of bad days but I still don't ignore people. I'd thought NTs would know better, but it seems I do in this situation.

Sorry, it was just one of my rants.

Any deviation from the norm makes depression more likely through a number of influence factors, most prominent the likelihood of parents who don't know how to deal with the child, typically resulting in low levels of resilience unless there are other positive outside influences.