Help I dont know what to do

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I hardly ever leace the house nowadays.
I feel so trapped, its like the walls are closing in.
Its making me feel very sad and ill.
What should i do ?

Go for a walk?

I think perhaps you should speak to a doctor or phychiatrist - preferably who has a good understanding of the Autism Spectrum.

It sounds like you might benefit from some kind of therapy or it might be worth considering medication too for anxiety / depression - although this is something you can discuss with your doctor.

Are there any support groups in your area? Or any organisations that offer advocacy? You should be able to find this out by doing some searches online.
If there are organisations in your area, try contacting them too to see if they can help at all.

I wish you well.

I used to feel like that when I was a teenager. Now that I am almost 23, I feel more aware of what I could be doing. But you should make it a habit out of doing simple routines.

I live by an elementary school and the gorcery thats like almost next store to the school. I like to walk around those buildings and then walk the other way around in to the other neighboorhood to make a loop that will take me back the four way stop so I go straight ahead into my own neighborhood again to walk back home. Sights and sounds and this simple routine may assist in forming a simple habit of doing something.

I like to walk around 5:00 a.m and may also at 10:30 p.m to go to the gas station or pop-machines. Its not a thrill but at least its something. (Watch for traffic if there is any)

You getting panic attacks when you try and go out or something?
I was agoraphobic for some months as I used to get such severe panic attacks.

I have felt like that... do you have any friends you can potentially ask for phone numbers or anything of the sort? Persist - arranging for nights out isn't always as easy as people think.
Walks help... excercise helps... but nights out on the town or whatever is a good temporary cure for this kind of thing.

ive been agorophobic for over ten years, i dont get severe panic attacks, just panic attacks.

I had severe ones. Back to back. All day, every day. I had to go to uni tho. I got them on the boat I had to take across the water to the mainland, I got them in classes, I got them in buses.

In the end, I found a lot of it...at least I think that is the issue...was down to thyroid trouble as they have mostly stopped since that was treated.

If you also get very sleepy, foggy headed, have trouble losing weight, have dry skin and bad hair etc, it is worth trying to drag yourself to the doctor for blood tests etc.

That failing, I only pulled myself out of the house when I decided I was damned if I was going to let it beat me and stop me living a decent life. I decided dealing with the fear and panic was better than being a prisoner.

I wouldnt know where to begin.

You got a place nearby you can get to where there ain't no humans around?

Humans are the only thing out there that treat you different cause you're an aspie. To everything else, you're just as good as them. There's stuff out there that can hurt you, but it won't be because you're an aspie.

There's a lot of beauty out there too, out where everything is exactly where it belongs, where there's countless things you don't understand, but everything makes sense.

Today I watched the fallen yellow autumn leaves piled up on the rocks of a mountain stream. In a life with a lot of tragedy, it lifted my heart. Something out there creates beauty and hides it in places no one will find.

You begin by making yourself go out a little each day....just a few steps out the door to start if you are that severe, and building up.
The more you avoid, the worse it will get.
Fact is, panic attacks don't kill you...so I was told. You need to ride them out and ride out the fear and prove to yourself that nothing bad will happen out there.
You are allowing fear to riun your life essentially.

I think about Chinese food. Sooner or later my cravings overcome my stay at homeness.

Chinese people think we are all strange, tip well, and be remembered.

I must be the only person who tips $5 at Shoneys, I get smiles and welcomes.

I do not have a real life, but a few places I can move through.

Seen one suburbia, seen them all.

The people on WP are much better than real life.

Oh god, how I feel for you, I never go out ether, all I do is sit around, drink, play on the comp, cry and want to commit suicide, sorry to be so harsh, but that is how I feel. I live with my boyfriend, but in the last few months that has been failing, he goes to work anyway so 99% of the time I'm on my own. It's making me feel ill too.

Are you in the uk btw?