Aspergers, Anxiety, Depression
In first, second and third grade, I never had a friend. I was loud, single minded, obnoxious, and unable to interact with children my age without making them feel extremely off-put. Once I started getting into fights with the kids who were bullying me, I was diagnosed with Asperger’s.
Asperger’s is a mental disorder in the autism family. Most people with asperger’s have trouble reading nonverbal cues, reacting appropriately to social situations, and meeting new people. I was put into solo and group therapy from third until fifth grade. I was taught social skills like most people were taught math or science, and while I was now able to make friends and interact with other kids and adults properly, it would be a
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I overslept because I had gotten off late the night before, and had arrived expecting a lecture. We were doing a group project, and the look my professor gave me sent ice through my heart. I sat down with a group of girls whose names I didn’t know but were always nice to me, and kept my head down and covered the entire time, filled with a fear I had never experienced. When everyone got up to leave class, the sudden movement was too much for me, and I bolted from class, hyperventilating all the way to my car. I don’t know how long I cried, but I called into work, saying I had thrown up. When I got home I googled what had happened and realized I’d had a panic attack.
I had them every week or two on the clock for a month or so before my mom convinced me to seek therapy and medication. I saw the same therapist who had diagnosed me with Asperger’s weekly for about 7 months before I saw any improvement. Beside panic attacks, I had increased alertness and sensitivity to sudden sounds and movement, trouble sleeping and nightmares when I did, and a feeling of hopelessness, self loathing, and apathy. I would wake up and stay in bed on occasion, afraid of being afraid, or too empty inside to
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I still attended therapy, and eventually faced my nasty habit of internalizing my stress and punishing myself for things I couldn’t control. I stopped looking at the scissors and exacto knives in my craft supplies filled with temptation to put them on my skin before opting for markers, because I was terrified of having scars on my arms. I started working again, and sang while I organized shelves and cut fruit at Kroger. I started telling people when they were treating me unfairly or in a way I couldn’t process easily. “Please don’t get angry with me for something I have already forgotten about, process my mistakes immediately and calmly so I can recognize where I went wrong and take a different approach.” “Did you mean to hurt my feelings? Because your statement showed a lack of empathy, instead of a shortcoming on my
Thoughts of fear and excitement paraded through my body as I sat Twitching to tell somebody about what I had just experienced but then I remembered that the only friend I really have at school is a boy named Joe and our friendship doesn 't seem to extend outside of lunch boundaries but I could wait a few more hours to tell him about this unbelievable news. Three hours go by and it 's time for lunch, as I 'm as I 'm walking out of my English 11 language arts class to lunch I noticed that everyone was looking my way in didn 't break EYE contact til they were behind me, soon I reached lunch and I sat to my regular lunch table and waited for Joe to come but he never came, soon soon as I figured he was not going to come I began to dig into my lunchbox picking at my
Autism can prevent a person from socializing and forming relationships with others. People with autism tend to repeat, as well as attach to, odd and unusual behaviors; a consistent routine is important
Occupational therapy can help a person with Asperger’s thrive physically, emotionally, and socially. As previously stated, if these symptoms were to be left alone, these children and adults would be subjected to bullying, ridiculed, and social isolation due to them being naïve and having concrete views of the world resulting in being vulnerable. Through occupational therapy intervention, this cycle can be interrupted by helping the patient adjust their sensory system. This means, “gaining the physical abilities needed to succeed, acquire valuable social, prevocational, and play skills, and improve their overall ability to function.” Through this intervention, one can not only learn to succeed in the classroom but when the time comes, uphold employment.
Jeanette Purkis to provide with Teacher Temple Grandin and Tim Sharp-- Laser Beak Male Tuesday 14 July 2015 - All the time Irabina is delighted to announce that Jeanette Purkis will join with Professor Temple Grandin and Tim Sharp to provide on Saturday November 21st in Melbourne. Here is some info about Jeannette from her site and blog at http://www.jkp.com Jeanette Purkis is an effective artist and entrepreneur who has Asperger Syndrome. Jeanette recently featured in a documentary entitled "Alone in a Congested Space" which seeks to address the question: Exactly what occurs to autistic youngsters when they grow up?
According to the Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders (fifth edition). It states that an individual with Autistic Spectrum Disorder has persistent defects in the social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts. They have restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities. For a diagnosis to be made, symptoms must be present in the early developmental period. Symptoms can cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.
Human beings with autism have said that the world, to them, appears to be a mass of events, people and places which they contend to make sense of, and which can cause them considerable anxiety. To be specific relating and understanding to other people, and taking part in everyday social life and family may be a bit challenging for them. Other people appear to know, intuitively, how to communicate and interact with each other, and some people with autism may wonder why they are different. People with autism have challenges with both non-verbal and verbal language. Many of them have a literal understanding of language, and think people always mean exactly what they say.
The 3rd grade to the 7th grade was one of the most dreadful times of my life. It all started when my 3rd grade teacher took me to a room where my parents were sitting in. She started talking to them about how I was always looking distracted or confused during test’s and assignments. She suggested that we go see a doctor about me having ADD or ADHD but at the time I had no idea what ADD was or if it would affect my life in the slightest. When we arrived at the doctors he started asking me many question about my day to day life.
When I got home, I threw my backpack onto the couch and immediately started to worry. I was talking to myself saying things like, “ am going to fail my first geometry quiz,” and “There is no way I could handle this class.” What I didn’t know was that my dad was sitting in the living room listening in the whole time, so he sat me down at the kitchen table and asked me to get out my geometry notes and homework. That whole night we were studying and trying to figure out some very difficult problems. After an hour or two I had to go to soccer, when I got back, I went straight to my books and picked up where I last was.
In order to change, I had to cut certain people out of my life and make amends with those who I had hurt. After about 6 months of reaping the consequences of my absurd actions, I finally decided to actually deal with my depression head on opposed to wading in abjection. I actually opened up about my issues and separated myself from the aspects of my life that I allowed to take me over. The best way to defeat mental illness is to be open about it and address the areas that may trigger
I make improvements daily and realized ADHD forced me to find new ways of doing old things pushing myself harder than I
Social interaction problems arise when persons with autism find it very difficult to mingle. Problems associated with interaction include finding it difficult to establish and maintain friendship, lack of interest in people, withdrawing oneself from other people, not paying attention in anything, being distant, and difficulty in expressing one’s feelings and emotions. Social imagination is being able to understand a person’s behavior, thoughts, feelings, and a person’s creativity. People with autism find it hard in imagination due to problem such as general imagination difficulty, trouble in comprehension of future events, challenge in shifting to new and unfamiliar situations, and finding it difficult to understand other person’s feelings, actions, and thoughts. Autism in the Inclusive Classroom Inclusive classroom entails bringing of students with and without disabilities together in school to access education in a general class.
At the time, I didn’t know this was an anxiety attack. My mind drew a blank at attempting to categorize what happened at school. I tried WebMD-ing what had happened that day, but after receiving a plethora of
Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by continuous problems in social communication and interaction, besides with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities. ASD stands for Autism Spectrum Disorder and can sometimes be referred to as Autistic Spectrum Disorder. As stated by the Medical News Today (2015), Autism Spectrum Disorder is a wide-spectrum disorder. This means that there will be no same people who will have the exact and same symptoms. And as well as experiencing altering combinations of symptoms, because some people will have mild symptoms while others will have severe ones.
It took me nine years to allow myself to live again. Making the decision to quit drinking was not easy, but necessary in order to live a happy and healthy life. My driving force for becoming sober was becoming able to reflect on how alcohol had been doing more harm than good. My mental and physical health suffered, as well as relationships with those I hold dear. Today I am able to use my past as fuel to continue living my best life.
But that suspicion was too late; overcome by alcohol, I fell unconscious. Being so immature, I had no idea how to cope with the event and concealed it from every person possible, even family. The students who knew about it and even parents harassed me; I tolerated endless derogatory remarks. Ashamed and humiliated, I skipped class and isolated myself from others. Later, I sought counseling and discovered that I had been suffering from depression.