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Introduction.; 1. Mental Health Services and Me: What Worked, and What Didn't. Janet Christmas.; 2. Coping with Depression: Positive Advice for Aspies. Debbie Allen.; 3. My Fur-lined Bucket: Alternative Methods of Dealing with Mental Health Issues. E Veronica Bliss.; 4. This Aspie Life: The Undiagnosed Aspie Experience. 8ball.; 5. A Colourful Rainbow: Embracing Autism as a Neurological Difference, Rather than a Mental Health Disorder. Melanie Smith.; 6. Getting the Right Diagnosis, and its Impact on Mental Health: Is this the Best the NHS Can Do? Cornish.; 7. Positive Mental Attitude: Coping with Setbacks, Knowing Your Own Strengths, and Finding Happiness Any Way You Can. Dean Worton.; 8. ''It's all in your head'': The Dangers of Misdiagnosis. Neil Shepherd.; 9. A Fairytale Life It Isn't (AKA Chapter 9): Alcohol, Self-harm, and the Benefits of Exercise. Alexandra Brown.; 10. ''Getting My Life Back'': A Mother's Struggle to Get Mental Health Services for Herself and Her Son. Anne Henderson.; 11. A Week in the Life Of: Strategies for Maintaining Mental Health as an Aspie. Steve Jarvis.; 12. My Plastic Bubble: Dealing with Depression, Anxiety, and Low Self-confidence. Wendy Lim.; 13. The Art of Being Content: Asperger Syndrome, Buddhism, and Me. Chris Mitchell.; 14. A Journey Looking for Answers About the Way I Am. Anthony Sclafani.; 15. A Label that Fits: Diagnoses, Self-harm, and Mental Health. Natasha Goldthorpe.; 16. Through the Looking Glass into Lynette Land: Making Humour Work. Lynette Marshall.; 17. Mental Health and the Workplace: Dealing with Criticism, Coping with Stress, and Taking Control of Your Environment. Dr. Christopher Wilson.