Have quite a lot of stress in my life. Have two dc with asd. My eldest is very challenging to care for and both myself and my partner are frankly depressed and stressed out. Help available is minimal despite asking ss for it. We get some respite but haven't had any for a couple of months. Am starting to feel there is no good solution to our problems. My partner is also on the spectrum and copes very badly with stress, becoming impossible to live with. He is also an ostrich and his sole solution to any problem is to retreat and stay in his bed, feeling unwell. I have thought about leaving so that we both only have to cope with the caring on a part time basis, have thought about residential school for our ds but feel fearful of this and terribly guilty and I suppose I have also thought about getting in my car and driving somewhere, possibly not living anymore hence posting here. I just feel trapped. I am seen as a coper and no one would dream that I am feeling like this. I cry often when I am alone and feel increasingly desperate and unhappy. How can I sort out what to do? My partner is in many ways like having a third disabled person to care for as he is incapable of discussing our problems in any rational or helpful way. I feel v alone with this.