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submitted 1 week ago by wisely@feddit.org to c/autism@lemmy.world

Does anyone have any experiences, frustrations or advice that they would like to share about maintaining long term relationships or starting over as someone with autism?

I‘m a millennial woman, and keeping people in my life has been a lifelong struggle. Today my spouse wants a divorce after 16 years of marriage. The reason stated is because of autism. I’m introverted, like to plan things, tend to lose focus and it’s like people just eventually get bored of you.

I have no family support, grew up in the foster system. I would lose my health insurance, home and everything in a divorce. Friends are through my spouse.

Feel free to PM me too if you are interested in talking. Could use a friend or maybe advice trying to start my life over somewhere else that I can get healthcare. I also happen to be learning German but open to talking with anyone.

[-] wisely@feddit.org 76 points 6 months ago

That makes way more sense. Whenever I watched it I always thought that there must be way more efficient sources of electricity.

[-] wisely@feddit.org 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's still a real form of depression, most are caused by various underlying conditions.

It's actually common for people with LBD, Alzheimer's, MS, Parkinson's, etc to get therapy early on or take antidepressants for the depression symptoms.

[-] wisely@feddit.org 43 points 1 year ago

How do you feel about 2025 so far?

[-] wisely@feddit.org 30 points 1 year ago

You just have a strong association of the smell with seeing it. Your brain is constantly hallucinating your reality to match what it's expectations are.

[-] wisely@feddit.org 43 points 1 year ago

It gets worse than that. Many of us have expenses that are higher than our income.

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