Hello, I'm Boo. I have Autism and suffer with anxiety and depression. I've battled constantly with both since my teens, having to go to school seemed to trigger them to occur and ever since then it's been a near constant fight. Certain things trigger me and one is when my family get sick, it becomes a lot harder to cope with then. Especially the anxiety, I spend nearly all day anxious and on edge and it's exhausting. I'm always tired now and I have little energy to do the things I enjoy.
I wish there was more support for Autism. I looked around for Autism specialists but there's none in my area, from the reading I've done I don't think there is a lot of specialised support specifically for Autism for adults. The support all seems to be for children, which I'm glad about but I wish there was a little for adults as well. Life is hard and with the cost of living added with the already daily stress it's even worse.
My mum is sick right now with emphysema and is declining rapidly, it's awful to see and very upsetting as she can't do things she used to. It's horrible and this change is one I am struggle to cope with. Most things I brush off, I just keep going, mask and push on but this even my masking isn't really helping. I just feel tired and burned out all the time. I think I might be in burnout now as sometimes I'm so fatigued I can't stand for long, only rest helps but I don't feel fully rested after resting.
I was diagnosed with Autism over 10 years ago and since then I haven't really read up on it and I know hardly anything about it which is why perhaps I'm only finding out about a lot of it now.
Advice needed and welcome please.