Beating the Aspie Blues
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66 percent of people with Asperger's Syndrome contemplate suicide due to depression. Travis shares his story of how he beats the depression of AS by learning to stay true to himself and build confidence in having autism. Learn how Travis tries to let his aspie traits ring loud and proud as he builds friendships and relationships with other people all while creating the happiness he truly deserves.
Once Travis thought he had to mask or hide his autism in order to fit in and make friends. Today Travis wants his autism to shine through so that other can see how awesome he is. This was a very hard mindset to develop and something that he still struggles with to this day. None the less Travis is much happier when he embraces his autism and isn't focused on trying to learn social skills.
In this book you'll learn how Travis gave up on social skills coaching in order to be his true aspie self. Read along as he shares his battle with depression and suicide along with how he has coped and overcome some very negative feelings and turned them into positive feelings. It will always be a never ending journey for Travis with depression but by embracing autism he is slowly becoming less depressed and enjoying some true happiness.
In this book Travis tries to show the reader how he overcomes depression in order to be happy and successful living with Asperger Syndrome.
Travis Breeding
Travis is an author from Huntington Indiana how enjoys entertaining and educating through words. He enjoys telling a story and taking it from his mind to paper. He has authored several books on autism, mental illness, schizophrenia, and disability issues. He continues to write about those issues but also explores some fiction writing as well. Travis has a loving family and enjoys spending time with friends and family. He loves to play bingo and meet new people. One day Travis hopes to start a family of his own and give them so much love. Travis would like to thank his readers for supporting him on his journey of becoming an author. He could not have done it without you. If you would like to get in touch with Travis please email him at tbreedauthoratgmaildotcom,
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Beating the Aspie Blues - Travis Breeding
Beating the Aspie Blues
Travis Breeding
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Beating the Aspie Blues
About the Author
Beating the Aspie Blues
Depression is often common amongst people with Asperger Syndrome. I wanted to use this book to look more into the reasons why someone with Asperger Syndrome might become depressed and see if there is anything that can be done to help eliminate some of that depression.
I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome which I will now refer to as AS throughout this entire book in the fall of 2007. I was 22 years old at the time and had a very difficult go of things in my life.
What led to my diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome was the secondary symptom of depression. I had become so socially isolated that I was suicidal and threatening to take my own life.
After three inpatient stays in the psych ward within a three-month span in 2007 the doctors finally agreed upon the diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome based upon what I was describing to them.
AS is a social impairment that interferes with the way someone interprets and relates to the social world around them. AS is also a form of autism and is at the higher end of the autism spectrum.
A person would think knowing what we know about autism that having AS and being at the higher end of the autism spectrum would be a good thing and while there are many aspects of life and autism in which being at the higher end of the autism spectrum is a good thing, there are also numerous challenges that come along with being high functioning and having AS.
One of those challenges is with fitting in and making friends. It can be extremely difficult for someone with AS to get along well with others and form meaningful friendships because we just do not understand the unwritten social rules of society.
This lack of understanding of the unwritten social rules makes us vulnerable to bullies and people who would like to take advantage of someone who is more socially naïve than they are.
I suppose it was the bullying and the lack of connections that would eventually lead to my bouts with suicide. I really wanted to date and form a relationship with a girlfriend. When I tried to do so, I was told that I was weird and creepy because I had feelings for someone and didn’t know how to communicate them properly.
Before being diagnosed and upon learning that women thought I was weird and creepy for liking them I developed a very low self-esteem. My self-esteem made me feel very poorly about myself and in 2007 there was many times where I didn’t want to wake up in the morning or I wished I would be able to fall asleep and not