What you are experiencing is very Normal given the information you posted.
Give Yourself a break.
" Accept " that You have these feelings, but sometimes We cannot control our surroundings.
I have been where You are and you will become mentally…

Bless you. I went through it 35 years ago with no clue I was autistic.

If I think about the stuff I found hard, I think I'd say one thing to you: nail the structure and organisation. Routine! Routine! Routine! And for the first time you'll have to establish…

Honestly, I’m beside myself. This is the best help I’ve had in 50 years! But I was determined. I felt like my back was against the wall. I absolutely needed help so I knew that someone somewhere had to help me because the alternative was losing my home…

I'm lucky no one has ever done a surprise birthday for me but I was pressured to have a big 18th for all my family by my parents (it was more for everyone else than me it seems) and it kind of ruined birthdays for me. I wouldn't tell new people…

Welcome, Sam.

I'm a male, diagnosed a few years ago in my mid-forties, and very much a "social chameleon" autistic, as are many other males whom I've spoken to since my diagnosis. In fact, there was a topic only a short while ago (L…

First of all I would like to apologise, Starbuck, for starting a new thread that is related to yours just hours after yours.
I hadn't seen your post and was reacting to a topic of autistic exhaustion raised in another thread.

I am inclined to think that…

1. The doors are shut, the lights are out, and the fire is burning brightly..

2. Went for a nice walk with the dog after work - the sun has occasionally peeped out today!

3. 4 more work days til holidays!

He sounds overwhelmed and like he’s having trouble accepting and adjusting to this change. I had a burn out when I realised I was autistic, and it affected me badly for a year, and lasted about 3 years. I wouldn’t say I’m completely over it.…

So much of life is just keeping yourself occupied and busy i think. I am the very opposite of  occupied and busy. My thoughts occupy me.

Are you not occupied and busy because you don’t work or are retired? Or are you not occupied and busy because your…