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Don't know how to handle Ds' depression

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EnglishRose1320 · 18/09/2018 11:08

Ds has autism and anxiety, it's been a really tough couple of years but on the whole I feel I get how to help him manage both being Autistic and having aniexty. Things have got worse in the last few months but in a completely different way. He is very depressed and I don't know how to help him. He just wants to sleep all day and won't engage in anything. I feel so bad for him and wish I could help but I am also mindful that it is really starting to hurt me as well. I feel completely trapped, utterly useless and totally deflated. I was so pleased I managed to get him up by 9 today and having breakfast and then he just point blank refused to get ready and went back to bed. He is horrible to me and is missing out on life. He only has 5 years until he is an adult, hasn't received any secondary education and is just going to end up never being able to cope and as much as I love him I can't care for him 24/7 , I don't have the strength for that.

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