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Is it normal that I don't get drunk I just get normal? And this is not "just the alcohol talking". I can actually focus and talk to people normally for once. They say they have a good time and do not know i was drunk. I did a presentation UI and got a 90% on it and professor complimented my improvement. So it's not just my imagination it actually works.
It doesnt. I have autism too and I do have a high tolerance to alcohol but it does not cure anything. You are just talking more.
Yep and its awesome. i can finally explain what's on my mind and feel comfortable in the world
I can understand enjoying it. I am an alcoholic and enjoy it but it doesn't improve my social skills. I just talk more than usual. It does that to everyone.
Yeah. but it also clears my mind so i can focus properly, usually i drink alone, and feel like reading/studying after a few because I can finally hear myself think. it kills all the negative thoughts that normally distract me
Sounds like a comorbid emotional problem.
I'm not distressed by my autism.
I agree. I have terrible anxiety which causes racing thoughts and inhibits my ability to track and speak eloquently.
Alcohol appears to fix this problem in the short term but it's just an insidious illusion.
By the time you reach my age the anxiety is worse, health is worse and you're left with huge drinking problem.
Not saying OP suffers anxiety but the symptoms seem similar.
I know exactly how you feel!
I dont have autism tho. Im just quiet. Like, super quiet. Im told i was even quiet as a child unless i was singing by myself or talking one on one with someone. Or alone with my family, no friends around.
For a while i thought igrew out of that. Like i only talked to my group of friends but when it came to other ppl talkin to us, we'd get quiet and mean-mug them. Tell them not to talk to us lol i actually talked too much to my friends . Im usually pretty normal around extended family too.
But i moved and have been living alone basically for 3 years and no one really spoke to me in this new city. Short empty convos occasionally.
I developed a really bad anxiety. Mixed with bad depression i had since i was about 5.
I dont really talk to people. Like i can think of a million responses to ppl, but they dont come out. I tell myself "f'n talk! Say it outloud!" and it doesnt work. Sometimes i can gather enough courage to speak to strangers and stuff. But when ppl are mad or upset with me, words dont come out or come out wrong or mumbled/slurred. Or too low to hear becuz i have a super soft voice..
Or i cant think of anything to say at all.
I used to be on anti anxiety meds but i started feeling like i needed them more and more often everyday. I told my doctor i felt like an addict and he basically just said "then dont take them. Or stay on the regular schedule. I cant help you if you dont help yourself" ._.
I tried weed and it makes it worse. It makes me overthink. Or it makes it hard to think I'd forget what i was thinking lol
I started drinkin for fun and it melts my anxiety and i feel normal. I feel like my inner self can come out and i can be me.
I can laugh and joke, be sarcastic and speak normally (if i dont get eff'd up lol).
I can order my own food and actually say whats on my mind. I can go jogging and go into walmart alone and hold a full conversation for hours..
So i know what you mean. I dont think you should see it as a crutch, or cure. Depending on how much you drink..
Dont go drinkin all day everyday. It will start off as a mixed cup occasionally. Maybe a shot or 2 sometimes. And before you know it, youll be buyin a bottle every week if not several times a week.
Be careful .
Happy for you that you can find a moment's peace and be yourself. I dont know what its like to be autistic but i know its not easy. And thats an understatement.
I would say that alcohol tends to lower inhibitions, and give people a false sense of confidence.
Rajesh Koothrappali had the same issue with talking to women. Until he found out he could talk to them if he were drunk.
Alcohol will serve to lower your social inhibitions, but it won't make you neurotypical. Sorry, but it's an illusion.
yeah I have the same shit. You just feel less held back and less on edge.
I had a friend with asbergers who would also drink socially to help him open up more and feel more comfortable, it definitely helps in that it lowers those inhibitions and can be a crutch for social issues.
Too much is really terrible for you and will effect your health whether you become addicted or not so please just don't come to rely on it or use it too frequently, to echo what others have said.
It sort of makes sense because alcohol lower your ambitions so, you do thing you wanted to do in the first place. If there was something in the way of you talking to people or whatever the issue was then in a sense this is "cure" it but it's only temporary and can cause more harm then good in the future if you use alcohol constantly. Just be careful. Alcohol is a drug.
I'm autistic, and I am a lightweight because of it. I'm under 21, and the few times I drink alcohol was when I drink kombucha tea, and that one time at my Great Uncle's funeral.
Alcohol is a depressant on your system. You should never mix it with medications. That being said you should go talk to your doctor if it's having an unintended beneficial effect.
Alcohol seems to help lower anxiety. Why not tell your doctor and see if they can prescribe some actual anti-anxiety medication - or medicarion that does whatever alcohol does, and isn't quite as potentially harmful?