How do you cope with life?

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06 Feb 2007, 5:21 am

Do you ever just feel like you have no energy, that you have been working to much, that you are tiard and worn out. Do you ever feel like just giving up but for some reason you just keep on going despite feeling like crap. You continue to travel on in life getting trot on and neglected on the way accepting that you are who you are and you cant change how you act.
Is this you?



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06 Feb 2007, 5:50 am

Try what i do, during all of you're spair time, get a 360 and Xbox live, it's the only thing that keeps me going.



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06 Feb 2007, 5:52 am

i gave up long ago



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06 Feb 2007, 5:55 am

sparkman wrote:
i gave up long ago


So did i but my 360 is all i do all day, other than the internet..Muwhahahaha! :twisted:

Hope you get what you need Topic Creator.



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06 Feb 2007, 6:24 am

I take my SSRI, I smoke marijuana, I avoid people as much as is practical and spend as much time with animals and nature as I can. And I do art and talk to you guys! :D


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06 Feb 2007, 6:32 am

AspergersGamer wrote:
sparkman wrote:
i gave up long ago


So did i but my 360 is all i do all day, other than the internet..Muwhahahaha! :twisted:

Hope you get what you need Topic Creator.


Ummm well fortunately this aint me, well not entirely some of it is sorta, but i rekon there are aspies out there that have a life like that and i just wanted to hear from them.



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06 Feb 2007, 6:56 am

I suppose I don't really care any more. There's things I can change and things I can't.



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06 Feb 2007, 11:30 am

yeah, I feel like that. I can't afford an Xbox or a 360 (what ever that is) and I only have internet or a computer at work. I feel like cr*p because I have to get up and drag myself into work, nicey nicey small talk with my team mates, pretend to give a rap to the people I am customer service to on the phone and go home. I feel cr*ppy there, too, and my cat is my only friend.

Speaking of work, don't you guys work? How do you support yourselves, anyway?



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06 Feb 2007, 11:40 am

Thats me too. I just wonder why I go on at all. But I try to hope for the best. But I will say that it can be difficult.



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06 Feb 2007, 11:57 am

sinsboldly wrote:
Speaking of work, don't you guys work? How do you support yourselves, anyway?


i dont work, live with parents.



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06 Feb 2007, 12:14 pm

i mostly just drift...


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06 Feb 2007, 1:12 pm

I blame everything I can find about everything else.

No, in reality, I dont really "cope" with life, I except it. I meditate nightly, play guitar. There isn't much need to "escape" to anything, more or less, I just look forward to my hobbies and interests and "deal" with the rest as it comes, like anyone else would.

One thing to except is that you cannot control everything so why worry?



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06 Feb 2007, 1:57 pm

Corvus wrote:
No, in reality, I dont really "cope" with life, I except it. I meditate nightly, play guitar. There isn't much need to "escape" to anything, more or less, I just look forward to my hobbies and interests and "deal" with the rest as it comes, like anyone else would.

One thing to except is that you cannot control everything so why worry?



That is a great attitude-- one that everyone would benefit by adopting whether they are NT or AS or whatever.
Have you ever read "The Power of Now", by Eckhart Tolle? I think you might like it. It's very powerful.


It is interesting that you mentioned meditation. I am probably a borderline case of AS. I am here because my sister is bonafide AS.
I have practiced several different types of meditation over the years and have found it helps enormously just to get my mind to stop briefly and "be in the moment". My sister's mind runs like a hamster wheel 24/7, and she talks to herself a lot. Is that typical of AS, do you think? I wish I could get my sister to try some form of meditation.



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06 Feb 2007, 2:07 pm

Kensho wrote:
Corvus wrote:
No, in reality, I dont really "cope" with life, I except it. I meditate nightly, play guitar. There isn't much need to "escape" to anything, more or less, I just look forward to my hobbies and interests and "deal" with the rest as it comes, like anyone else would.

One thing to except is that you cannot control everything so why worry?



That is a great attitude-- one that everyone would benefit by adopting whether they are NT or AS or whatever.
Have you ever read "The Power of Now", by Eckhart Tolle? I think you might like it. It's very powerful.


It is interesting that you mentioned meditation. I am probably a borderline case of AS. I am here because my sister is bonafide AS.
I have practiced several different types of meditation over the years and have found it helps enormously just to get my mind to stop briefly and "be in the moment". My sister's mind runs like a hamster wheel 24/7, and she talks to herself a lot. Is that typical of AS, do you think? I wish I could get my sister to try some form of meditation.


The attitude was derived from meditating, more then likely, and, although I'm not buddhist, I find that 'path' to be very agreeable with me.

Yes, being in the moment is a unique feeling. I've always heard people "talk about it" but "talk" and "Experience" are totally different. Being in the now means I'm not worrying about the future or dwelling on the past (so, depression (past) and anxiety (future) are ceasing to exist with me). Whats left? Now.

Talking to herself? I dont know, some of us do, some of us don't. I do, sometimes, I may even during meditation.

Meditating is weird. Its one of those things you do and love or just completely ignore.



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06 Feb 2007, 2:12 pm

i don't know how i cope with life but i somehow manage to.


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06 Feb 2007, 2:19 pm

Depression can be very draining....it takes a lot of energy to NOT kill yourself.I am really amazed by people who are "normal".They work 60 hours a week,have many daily tasks like taking care of kids,picking up drycleaning and groceries,cleaning house,going to classes and then socializing on top of all that.It amazes me.I had enough energy to bike 40 miles a day(on days off) but cant imagine doing all that other stuff on a daily bases.I would melt.

I cope by keeping my life simple,creating my own expectations of "clean",valuing free time over money and preparing for stressful obligations(finding a new job)with extra sleep.I am a major under-achiever.I pat myself on the back when I make a DRs appointment and follow through with going(things that others see as mundane).I live in apartment not house,have only one job and no kids.Those are choices.I dont have to live "the American dream"...I just have to try and be independent,out of debt and as little stressed as possible.I know my family of A persona,ity over achievers see me as a slacker but my "bio-family" who are mostly on disability" think I am doing well.....guess it is all a matter of perspective.


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