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I suppose Aspergers is like most (all?) disabilities....

Thanks for your replies guys!

I have read it allllll over the internet, as well as was taught at university, as well as where I used to work. I thought the whole purpose of therapy was you learn something in the therapy session and then you do some followup things at home and if you don't, then that means you aren't putting in any effort and you will get no positive results. That's what I was always taught anyways. They always said if you are only working on your issues in your session alone, then that is lazy and will get you minimal results (if any).

I don't want to be lazy. I want to be proactive. That's what it comes down to, really. And its a tough one because the direction I want to go in is to decrease my depression. Even if it was just a little bit. however, I am housebound and don't have the ability to wash my clothes/go out/shower/get dressed/etc so I am very limited in what I can do.

I believe my last therapy failed because I was doing the wrong thing outside of the therapy session. But since I don't know what the RIGHT thing is, then I can't change that and my new therapy is doomed to follow the same path. I asked my new T about it and got the textbook "only YOU know what you should be doing" speel, but I do not. So I was asking you guys if you had any ideas.

I'm just sick to death of all this mysterious BS that only *I* am supposed to know. And when I go looking to find answers, people treat me like I'm some sort of idiot for not just magically knowing it myself. If i knew all these answers then I wouldn't be in this predicament. Grrr, Whatever happened to that saying "it is OK to ask for help" ? Why is it all of a sudden so shameful and appalling for me to ask for help? Not you guys, i mean people in general.

Oh btw I just got back from my new psychiatrist (finally got one that bulk bills, woohoo!). He seems alright. He actually seemed like he cared, which for me is a very good thing. And he pulled out this letter that my T had faxed him yesterday with all my info in it. It was 3 pages long, pages FULL of text! I am a bit gob smacked because normally they just send over a 1 paragraph summary and omit most of the important stuff but the T had obviously put in a lot of effort writing this thing up, not to mention having it sent to him BEFORE my appointment. Very thorough too. I was very impressed. I will thank her for that tomorrow when I see her.

Finally got one that bulk bills, woohoo.

Oh I will thank her for that tomorrow when I see her.

Yeah I don't have a T anymore, so I will see if the new psychiatrist can hook me up with a new one that bulk bills or is free.

Engineering disease? I haven't heard of that.. I'll have to look it up. Is it just another way of saying the way engineers think (the shortest distance between A and B is a straight line) or is it an actual disease?

My dad was an engineer for 40 years until retirement and he was every bit the stereotype. He doesn't display emotions...ever. Except anger once in a while. I think I learned a thing or two from him. I dont think he has any emotional intelligence whatsoever (another thing I inherited, lol).

Its funny that generalization because for my dad it is 100% right on the mark, hahaha! Well actually for me too except I'm not an engineer.

haha, no, I was kidding about engineering being a disease. people talk about commonalities between Aspergers and engineers a lot though.

Engineering, science, academia and computing all provide good careers for Aspergics in an environment where we feel safe. So naturally that's where we go.

It's not a bad life. There's plenty worse off than us.

i hope i didn't sound like I was putting down Aspergics. Sorry if I did.