Asperger's Syndrome and Anxiety

[Blondebunnyxx]

I have asperger sindrome and i didnt fully understand it so thanks btw r u A.S too?

[Frizzurd]

If you have Aspergers, without any benefits like a high IQ and are gay... you are pretty much screwed and everybody will see it as being your fault..that you are just a loser. So, i am still trying to muster up the courage to put a bullet through my brain.. it isn't non-existence that scares, as i am ashamed to exist, for me its the painful process of dying that is holding me back.

[schedule7]

@Frizzurd I really hope you haven't mustered up the courage and are still letting the painful process of dying hold you back,.

sincerely hope that you have found people to talk to, that understand where you are at.

[youwhatyoulose]

Watching this was emotional, nobody diagnosed me with asperger's from a young age i had to figure it out myself at 17, when i watched i ticked down everything you said mentally as something that happens to me every day, for once i feel like someone understands me

[weareallanemic]

I have AS as well as an anxiety disorder and major depression. When there is a huge change in my life I will get so depressed that it's hard for me to even get out of bed. For a few years, I drank heavily to cope with it and even abused hard drugs. People thought I was doing it for attention, but in reality it was my lifeline for surviving social situations. Now I meditate daily and smoke marijuana occasionally (it produces the same effect).

[patricknelson]

Thanks.

[Machineguncody]

I have a really hard time looking people in the eye. They probably think I am an ass or something because I don't.. :/

[MANCKIE]

@Machineguncody

I do the same, i dont look at the eyes, but i look at their mouth when they speak.

[Machineguncody]

@MANCKIE Yeah and then I worry for the next day or two about the person I talked to judging the way I talked, walked, or anything. It's just not fun.

[SunOnOrangeTrees]

@Machineguncody just one or two days? sometimes I worry about those things for weeks :(

[Machineguncody]

@SunOnOrangeTrees well sometimes it's weeks. Glad I am not the only one that does it. But, not glad you have to go through it as well. It's exhausting. :(

[SunOnOrangeTrees]

@Machineguncody right, it makes everyday things (speaking with people, going to shops, going to class...) seem overwhelming and insurmountable... -.-

[Machineguncody]

@SunOnOrangeTrees

Yeah. I'v quit going to drive- thrus. :/ unless I want my anxiety to triple of what was already an awful amount. My voice gets all high pitched

[iristhevampiress]

Well,that explains everything.....I went from a 29 year old young lady with Asperger's Syndrome that has Anxiety Disorder along with panic attacks & the next moment,I'm a White Tiger. Nice!

[TheBeatlesFan420]

smoking weed helps me ALOT in social situations. It relaxes me and increases me tolerance for eye contact

[MrGazmcfaz]

the part about the sunlight for the aspie made me think, does anyone else ever come out a dark room into natural sunlight, and sneeze 4 or 5 times? And perhaps have trouble keeping their eyes open in the light?

[9228Thiago]

I am a Aspie and I have sleeping problems. A lot of taugths run over my head when I am trying to sleep. It´s a living hell.

[MANCKIE]

@9228Thiago

im the same, what i find helps ( might help you) is i download a book or lecture (whatever you are into) and listen to it whilst in bed on headphones. eventually i drift off.

best book series i found that helped is harry potter audio books lol. i liked the stories, but they really helped me to stop thinking because i focus on the story and eventually begin to drift. try it.

[SuperCommentDude2]

What's with the pictures? I suposivly have AS and I feal so anxious on a dayly basis that I feal like pursuing happiness is vain. But there's nothing wrong with me; i'm just me. I don't have sonsory problems that i'm aware of and no one seens to realy get how i'm fealing. In perticular I laugh when people are mad at me when realy laughing is how I cry (which i'v actualy never cried since I stoped careing). So fuck you nerds with AS that are awqward you're all failures. Losers. God I hate my life

[ash4245]

have to find some way to keep your cool doing various things to KEEP FROM GOING OVERBOARD AND STANDING OUT IN THE WRONG WAY

[dinglegonzo]

@ash4245 Yes! I am coming out of a totally nuclear day..

[WhyDoUNeedSmack]

I have an EX-friend who claimed to have AS and later thinking about what she said and what medical..whatever has said about AS This claim (is leading me to beleive..) is highly UNtrue... she'd just play the "Well, I have AS" card WAY too much and say things that just didn't sound like someone with AS would say. I think she should be ashamed of herself

[kingkong8974]

I keep a fake smile going, pretend what I say to be jokes and space out.

[andyburnscornford]

the worst things for me are the constant anxiety and the self sabotage. The wall of glass that blocks me from kissing a woman when I know she wants me to, overanalysing things and just wanting to figure it out from a safe distance. So many biizare and embarrassing things I have done to avoid things that are meant to be fun but start my head spinning. I don't allow myself to succeed with my art and music. Like I won't be able to handle too much attention. I have some songs on youtube. Help?

[dinglegonzo]

@andyburnscornford I feel ya!

[messyblondemid90s]

The anxiety is the worst part of my son's AS as far as I'm concerned. But so glad that more and more information is coming out about AS. My son never lies.........ever, which is good, but he says what he thinks and can be very blunt :)

[dewey05334]

I like your videos and your calming personality you portray on them. Your very informative. I'm to be getting a diagnosis evaluation on Thursday and I'm 24 years old now. My mother is positive I have it and I've been oblivious to the possibility until I stumbled across AS online during one of my obsessive research sessions. That's what I like to do is research topics of all kinds as long as it interests me.

[RandomAxOfViolets]

this autistic individual hates the song accompanying this video! but the info is good. :)

[diesect33]

I hate the anxiety too. I think alot of the social anxiety is partly because we don't have the same social instincts as NT's but, also the general lack of education to those NT's resulting in horrible interactions and prejudices etc. It wouldn't hurt for us to have more support too. I had someone that was supposed to help me from the atism society to form a localized support group and he never called. I messaged him 2x about it then gave up. we need to stick together and educate imo. then live..

[tarantulady]

Anxiety hurts so fucking bad.

[milascave]

I seriousy hate high pitched noised. The are physicaly painful for me.

I've had drilling and banging on my ceiling recently at random times. Makes it hard to meditate, my main strategy.

I used to use street drugs to cope. This was a very bad stategy. Curently I use no drugs, unless I'm n pain.

So yes, we stuff tho be anxiouse about.

But I think it helps to remember that NTs get anxiouse to. Just because they aren't aspys dosn;t mean they don't have mood disordes or other problems.

[lu4y4pants]

I recently had a meltdown at school when the other kids kept arguing with the teacher and I had a sensory overload. I started insulting the class, throwing my pencil bag, and broke down crying. I actually held the anger in for the whole year, and at that moment, I snapped. *sigh* This condition is strange.

[tarantulady]

@lu4y4pants I'm sorry to hear that. I know that can be so demeaning.

[blondrose84]

That is very true. When it gets bad, I sometimes get suicidal. Having a Mood Disorder and Autophobia doesn't help either >_>

[ThePuppetgirl12]

you have helped me realize i have these issues please check out my videos........................­my brother also has it.............

so it may be genetic

[addressedtokill]

thank you, i could never understand how people could cope with what is to me very bright light, or uncomfortably high temperature. having had asperger's diagnosed is changing my life. PS i find overcast days even worse than sunny days.

[esotericeric93]

When I realized I had Aspergers Syndrome I thought of it as a hinderance, now I see it as a privellage

[philsaspiezone]

I believe that neurotypical people are responsible for the anxiety if us AS people in the first place. Their demands are a cause. I have only been on a TC due to being referred to one and it was useless for Asperger syndrome. It even had a form of therapy which said that Autism/Asperger syndrome did not exist.  I have never been on medications for anxiety and never been appropriately been supported. If AS did not exist why am i writing this?

[Glissenz]

I thought this was a great way to explain, my daughter has aspergers and right now her anxiety attacks have gone off the roof.

[milascave]

Meditation is my remedy.

[lu4y4pants]

@milascave Mine's drawing.

[Steamgirl1]

I have As...and I fucking hate the anxiety

[cl1mbat1ze]

@Steamgirl1 I'm just wondering: when you experience anxiety how does it manifest? I get muscle twitches and can't stop walking around, and I can't stop thinking about events or things I've said or done that were embarrassing. I'm currently being investigated for aspergers and allready have an ADD diagnosis.

[moon2stargirl]

@Steamgirl1 same here

[Zencyde]

@Steamgirl1 Hey hey hey, smoke weed every day. ;D

Or there's Xanax, I guess. :(

[sintofg]

@Steamgirl1 Same here. 

[CombatDaggers]

Heroin is good for anxiety. Xanax is also good ut the shrink said i didnt need it.

Said mebe hot milk would be good.

He said therapy would be good. I told him therapy was very degrading and upsetting. He didnt like that. Guess its not aloud to hate therapy

[CombatDaggers]

heroins good!!!! shrink didnt wanna give me xanax.

said i

[Quanathon]

Thanks, very Informative video.

[KemoreJ]

I was just thinking the other day "How can I explain what it's like to someone who does not understand" and I came up with the analogy of going to a foreign country and not knowing the language and in fact feeling like the language is SO foreign that you may NEVER learn it. The sense of isolation and hopelessness...

[RobingdfelowsLady]

This is a wonderful video. There are also herbal remedies for the anxiety, even B12. I take both and don't need prescription drugs for the anxiety. I have AS and it feels really good to not get as anxious as I did.

[ytcarol]

This is interesting - I have some of these symptoms, but don't think I have aspergers. But it makes me understand what it would be like if it were 5 times what I experience. Thanks.