Lilith, Mother of DarknessMar 8

Do any of you #actuallyautistic fedifriends jump immediately to the worst case scenario when you are worried about something?

I was just reading about autism and catastrophising, and immediately recognised myself in this. Almost every single time I start worrying about something, it takes only a few moments for me to start thinking "I'm screwed, my family is screwed, everything is going to go horribly wrong and I'm going to end up dead or living in a cardboard box under a bridge. Probably with cancer."

No matter how insignificant the actual situation is.

Show threadChaos Agent SpectreMar 8
@Lunalucardrose20 Yep, its an annoying feature that I've gotten better at managing thanks to meds and therapy. Most of my depression is directly tied to this, and its made me mentally shut down entirely some times.
Show threadLilith, Mother of Darkness

@ChaosSpectre This also shuts me down occasionally. I don't really have meds for this, so I have mostly just gotten used to it. Annoying as it is.

Probably at least some of my depression is also the result of this.

Mar 8 at 3:26amWeb