Poll of the Day > anyone with aspergers that gets paranoid? please read if possible.

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i've always been set off really easy into frantic worrying and don't know how to just calm down if anyone has suggestions.

yesterday my chromebook signed me out and said it was accessed by an unknown device. however said unknown device was my chromebook and my IP address. so now i've been constantly worrying about it ever since, looking through my settings, searching things up, but like nonstop and i'm getting really worked up. i'm thinking about starting over with a new email but don't want to go through the tedious procedure or even sure if its even necessary.

google has all my passwords saved and most of my accounts are tied to it so also thinking about stressing myself out more by likely removing all saved passwords, changing them all, and writing them down in a notebook. all of these ideas are overwhelming and likely... hopefully, unnecessary. i just want to calm down, that's all but all i keep doing is having repeated thoughts of all these things, when the likely, and most hopeful event is that it was just a bug.

its a complicated situation concerning 2FA, been thinking about enabling it. but the phone isn't exactly mine, its provided by q link. and if my mom gets mad at me she can take it at any time, i did set it up as a recovery address i believe. i also worry if i set up 2FA, what i would do if the phone breaks, cat has knocked it over the other day, and if it breaks i am screwed out of my gmail. i'm not sure if there are other means of 2FA as i'm unfamiliar with it, and if its easy to do so or not.

my grand mother passed away earlier this month from cancer so on top of persistent worrying i got that on my mind, and sometimes man, this life can feel too absolutely overwhelming to be in, with how everything is and how life works sometimes i think it's just not for me, everything can be so overwhelming at every turn and its so difficult.

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I dont have Aspergers but I do contend with paranoia. What Ive realized for me is that most of it stems from memories of abusers and what they think/thought about things.

With some age and wisdom from others Ive realized that those people had no idea what the hell they were talking about. Theyre all either dead or well on their way to the grave with nothing meaningful to show for their life.

I know the difference between something to be fearful of and what is just irrational paranoia, so Im getting better at ignoring the latter or at least getting over it quickly.

Not sure if that helps you at all, its just been my own experience.

Try Meditation

I have aspergers, and I sometimes get anxious but I do take anxiety medication. Maybe talk to a doctor about this.

Try to understand that worrying is wasted effort and that there will always be things out of your control. If you're paranoid about getting hacked or having been hacked, changing passwords is a logical thing to do as well as activating 2FA. If your cat likes knocking your phone on the ground, get a case or try to train your cat better. Of course you could still get hacked, your phone could still break, but as long as you took reasonable steps to prevent those things from happening, you shouldn't have to beat yourself up if and when things go wrong. Trust me, it won't be the end of the world.

And I strongly recommend trying meditation. I know exactly what it's like to perceive mundane issues as if they're catastrophes, and meditation is the key to seeing how fragile the neurotic fears that control you really are.

Sorry about your grandmother btw. I can definitely relate to feeling overwhelmed and even today I was probably ruminating on the idea that life isn't for me. All I can say is cut yourself some slack and take one day at a time. While your condition unfortunately will make things harder for you, more people experience what you're going through than you might imagine, and the solutions or help you need may be easier to find then you'd imagine.