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    A Happy Aspie
    A Happy Aspie
    A Happy Aspie
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    A Happy Aspie

    By Travis Breeding

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    Travis shares his story of ups and downs with Autism. His journey to happiness has been hampered by mental illness. All along he thought autism was what made him unhappy but when he learned of his schizophrenia he quickly realized how autism was a blessing and he could live a happy and fulfilling life. Autism cannot slow him down and now he hopes to help others get happy with their autism too. After feeling depressed and hopeless for ten years he finds a new medication that helps him with voices and visions he was suffering from due to schizophrenia. Now that the mental illness is out of the way he sees the true value and meaning of having autism. Autism makes him very special and unique. It is a reason he is so good at trombone and also a reason that he is successful at work and writing. Learn how Travis took steps to improve his mental health so that he and others around him could see how beautiful autism was in his life. This is an inspirational read for anyone living with autism or loving someone with autism.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBreeding Publishing
    Release dateMay 27, 2017
    ISBN9781370936458
    A Happy Aspie
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    Travis Breeding

    Travis is an author from Huntington Indiana how enjoys entertaining and educating through words. He enjoys telling a story and taking it from his mind to paper. He has authored several books on autism, mental illness, schizophrenia, and disability issues. He continues to write about those issues but also explores some fiction writing as well. Travis has a loving family and enjoys spending time with friends and family. He loves to play bingo and meet new people. One day Travis hopes to start a family of his own and give them so much love. Travis would like to thank his readers for supporting him on his journey of becoming an author. He could not have done it without you. If you would like to get in touch with Travis please email him at tbreedauthoratgmaildotcom,

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      A Happy Aspie - Travis Breeding

      A Happy Aspie

      Travis Breeding

      Published by Travis Breeding at Smashwords

      Copyright 2017 Travis Breeding

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      A Happy Aspie

      About the Author

      A Happy Aspie

      My name is Travis Breeding. I have Asperger Syndrome amongst many other things. I also have schizophrenia which has at times made my life very challenging and hard to live with. There were times when I did not like my autism because I thought that it was what was hurting me.

      I remember a time when I was happy that I had a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome. That was before I got sick and had a psychotic episode. Schizophrenia really took over my life and I thought that it was the autism acting up and making life difficult for me.

      I did not know what to think when I started having hallucinations. I was very confused and I knew I had autism but did not know I had schizophrenia. So for many years as I suffered from schizophrenia I was very down on my autism and did not want anything to do with my autism. But the thing is I was confused and thought that the autism was causing me all of those voices and visions that I was having. I thought the autism was trying to kill me. I guess that is a delusion that I was having. I always thought people who worked for autism organizations were trying to hurt me and that is something that really hurts me that I thought that because it caused me to question a lot of people and I lost a lot of good friends in the autism community when I was very confused about the autism and what it was doing to me.

      There was no way I was ever going to be able to enjoy my autism as long as the mental illness was going on in my brain. Mental illness is devastating and life threatening but autism is not. Autism is a beautiful thing and something that I enjoy very much.

      Recently I started a new medicine for schizophrenia called Invega. The invega is given to me as a shot so that I am able to only take it once a month and it gets into my blood stream faster. This is something that is very helpful. I am on about eight different medications right now but each one of them are working to help me and attack my mental illness. Each medication is fighting the mental illness and helping me to overcome schizophrenia.

      As I am able to notice that my schizophrenia is getting better I am starting to find a new reborn appreciation for my autism. I am working really hard to make sure that the schizophrenia stays away and does not bother me anymore. I make sure to take my medication each and every day morning and night because I feel like that is the best way for me to get the help that I need.

      As my schizophrenia has started to

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