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good chance your gut bacteria is fucked (most autist have fucked gut biome). im autistic and was depressed, angry, crazy, miserable etc most of my life then i switched to a whole foods plant based diet and i literally cannot get depressed anymore. ive been doing it for 2 years and ALL of my depressive episodes just ceased completely. things that used to set me off and make me explode have absolutely no effect on me anymore.

hasnt reduce my other symptoms though, like being absolutely shit at understanding peoples feelings/thoughts, reading facial expressions etc. i still have 'flat affect', my gf even pointed this out to me that when ever i smile i immediately snap back to a flat expression. still struggle hard to look people in the eyes, all those social problems still exist but im emotionally solid now, nothing shits me off or upsets me like it used to and i have a lot of focus.

>>10576029

Not caused by the Autism itself, caused by familial abuse and lack of self care. Also suicide has a higher prevalence in the Autist population. It's not like some variation in brain structure / wiring causes you to have type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease, it just means you're more likely to be abused, neglected or neglect yourself.