Hi, my name is HFALaura52!

HFALaura52

Hi, I'm laura I'm 17 and was diagnosed with (High Functioning) autism last year. All through school I have been bullied and outcasted , I changed 7 different secondary schools and was only in college for a week, due to bullying (and me hanging out in the toilets as my anxiety got so bad) and in 2014 my anxiety got worse than ever, I started attempting suicide... and was referred by my GP to CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health services) I was admitted to 7 different psychiatric hospitals and had 24 suicide attempts since then, with the bullying continuing, I have only stopped seeing my psychiatrist/going to camhs about a month ago (because I keep refusing and ignoring the calls) and I will ask my GP when I next see him to refer me to an Autism specialist who can also help me with my mental health difficulties. This week I started volunteering at a scope charity shop (as before that I wasn't doing anything, just sitting at home because my anxiety, and depression in the past, was so bad) but I decided to volunteer there because autism is an "invisible" disability and scope supports disabilities, but I have been extremely happy and calm there (for once) and have been welcomed and accepted! I love it, it's like my second home! So yeah! That sums me up, I can't wait to meet the rest of you! 

Laura  

gnmeads

Hi Laura and welcome to the community.
Sounds like you've had a rather stressful time but i'm glad to hear a happy ending. 
Just for future refference, I was wondering if you've looked at the Austics Sossity web site: http://www.autism.org.uk/

Sam_Alumni

Hi @HFALaura52 welcome to the community!

steve51

Hi @HFALaura52

A very very warm welcome to our community I hope that we can help you ???

It's great to see you volunteering for Scope, that will do you the "world of good"

Belive Me.

Please please let us know if you require anything ???