Comment on I'm on the spectrum. How do I live the rest of my life?
vestmoria@linux.community 3 days agowow, what a beautiful post.
Autism makes it hard to think outside a tried and true path. That rigidity is difficult to deal with, but may be worth looking into.
what do you mean ‘may be worth looking into.’?
the_q@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can help with managing symptoms and helping you make changes to lessen the impact others have on you and vice versa. I know you mentioned that mental health isn’t really something you can easily get help with, but there are sites and books you can check out at libraries that can at least put you on the right path. I will warn you though that the exercises and methods CBT asks of you will straight up make you angry and feel stupid. You’ll reject them as silly or tell yourself that you’re experiences are different so it won’t work for you, but I promise as someone who also felt that way it isn’t true. That rigidity I mentioned before is what will be fueling those thoughts and feelings so keep that in mind if you choose to look into the CBT.