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Geecat
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PathStep 266 Compassion hearts791 Forum posts74 Forum upvotes124 Current upvotes124 Age GroupAdult Last activeOctober, 2022 Member sinceDecember 18, 2015
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Depression and Sexdrive
Depression Support / by Geecat
Last post
 June 15th, 2017
...See more As someone who deals with both the effects of depression as well as the side effects of depression medication, it's more than evident that my sexual drive has been effected. Between having a partner and my own needs, this can be frustrating. Not only can the effects be on the sexual drive itself, but also how perseptive your body is to physical pleasure. To be blunt- in many cases, it can mean a possible inability to have an orgasm, or even as far as causing guilt to yourself or your partner that rather than it being a side effect - it can cause a feeling that you/ your partner cannot please the other correctly. Fear of disappointment/ feeling incompitent, etc. Has anyone else experienced such frustration? Within themselves or in a relationship? How have you handled the situation? The best I have been able to do so far has been to be very open with your partner, consistantly re-assure them that none of it is their fault, and never - ever - fake it. No matter how much it feels like it would help, it's important not to lie, especially when it comes to intimacy (this goes for for both physical and mental). I'd love to hear what other people could have to add to the conversation.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder + Anxiety
General Support / by Geecat
Last post
 October 4th, 2016
...See more I've written, deleated, forgotten about, and rewritten a personal thread to put up in the classified a number of times now, but I think it's time to use my lack of sleep (so therefore current snap decision making) to its potential advantage - and post this before I remember how scary this is for me. It's probably a good thing that you cant delete your own forum posts on 7cups.. heh.. I get really nervous about reaching out and I've had only a couple good experiences in finding a listener. I talk to a couple people 1on1 regularly but more so as casual friends more than as listener/members in the intended dynamic. It's due time to find someone who can really be a listener for me. Between my mild autism, anxietly, and introverted/private personality, I have a hard time developing relationships. I struggle with some things from one day to the next and I really hope to find someone who I can talk to about that. With my casual relationships with those I talk to 1on1 already, I get warry of asking for too much because I like those relationships how they are and I'm afraid of loosing or altering them. I know I can be a hand-ful and I can go from manic to unresponsive in the blink of an eye.. my mind gets in the way sometimes... so I guess I'm looking for a more patient listener (who can be a more formal listener) who is just as okay with spread out slow messages sent back and forth as a regular live conversation... here's to trying to put myself out there! xx
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ASD is killing me.
Journals & Diaries / by Geecat
Last post
 May 11th, 2016
...See more (**needed to write some things out and put it out there, responding isn't nessesary if anyone reads this**) I feel like I'm stumbling over my words in my own mind, I dont even have a tounge to get tangled with at the moment. I dont want to talk out loud at all today. Period. Nothing is coming out smoothly or in a way I feel I can articulate well for others who aren't autistic. I can't seperate dreams and reality very well lately, and once I get an idea in my mind, it's not going away any time soon. I dont give my trust back once it is lost, but I'm trying for this one guy and it's confusing and terrifying and I still love him that's definately not by choice. I cant tell if I'm eating well enough, or just enough. I feel like I should try to track what I'm eating to make sure, but I know it'll turn into counting callories and being even worse for me... at the same time, I'm practically always shaking just slightly. I cant get myself to do laundry. I habitually chew on the inside of my cheeks, and I dont like chewing on fabric (it would be an improvement) except the cuffs of a specific hoodie I have - but I dont want to wreak it and it's too hot to wear it anyways. I wish I had work today. I like my job and it gives me no choice but to be focused on something. I only have a small part time job and I can hardly leave my house let alone legitimately track down a full time job. My skin is too hot. I want to go back to school, start working on my major, but I want to be able to live on campus, that would help the motivation of getting to class. I want to get to my next step with out the transition. I just want to live in an appartment on the campus of a university and live with my cat. But this is home base for my guy. He'll travel for work, but he'll always come back to this town... so I want to stay here. Yet I dont want to live here and it's too expensive here anyways. I want to live 1300 miles north west of here... too far from him. But he'll be traveling away anyways. But it'll make the rare visits even harder if I'm not here. This is where his family and friends are. Also dying for my next tattoo. There's too much that I want and I'm not getting enough hours to pay for it all. I feel like there's fog around my head and I can't quite break out of it.
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Tech Help ASAP
Safety & Knowledge at 7 Cups / by Geecat
Last post
 April 3rd, 2016
...See more No one seems to be able to see me in the group chats? Suddenly someone said that my messages in a group chat disappeared and asked where I went - I tried to respond and I say I was still there, but no one sees the messages. Also, everytime I reload the page, the messages I tried to send disappear. I've reset my computer, internet, logged out and in again, and I'm at a loss - I just hope I can still post to the forums! Thank you in advance! xx
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I'm Seeing a New Therapist Today...
General Support / by Geecat
Last post
 March 31st, 2016
...See more I've only gone to two counselors in the past when I was a little younger. I didn't care for/ get along with either of them. I didn't feel like I got any real help- they asked me questions and I answered, but I felt no better after the fact. I have severe anxiety and depression and the could see that, but I think it got disregarded because of how young I was. One of the two told me to fix my diet - and I was/ still am a naturally thin/ healthy/ small girl. The concept of 'diet' for me at that age was... not its literal deffinition. I took it as this man thought I needed to go on a diet - like a weight loss kind of diet- and that didn't bode well for me at the time. It's been somewhere around four years since that last one, and I've finally reached out to my parents telling them how broken I feel. I woke up to being told that they got an appointment with a therapist for me today... and It's sinking in. I am grateful that they did that for me, but I haven't had a good experience yet, so I'm wary. Stating that I'm going to a therapist has only made me feel more helpless- I'm one of the most independant people you'd ever meet, so not being able to fix myself is terrifying for me. Writting this all out helps me feel a little better... but more anxious at the same time by acknowledging it. But - we'll give it another shot.
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