It has its good, bad and ugly.

Certainly isn’t easy by any means.

I’ve come a long way since being diagnosed 25 years ago.

Even though I’ve made great progress, doesn’t mean that I sometimes struggle.

Nowadays, I just know how to cope better and not focus or ruminate on things that I struggle with.

Coupled with anxiety aside autistic burnout, there are days that are indeed more struggling than others.

I want to feel sorry for myself or avoid things that are fear-driven by my anxiety, but I know that only avoiding something and postponing it with only make it worse.

I get easily frustrated when I can’t do things because I am experiencing burnout or that I do things like eat things without thinking about the value or consequences of doing so first.

But I move on because I know that having a personal pity party about the things I did or can’t do only make me feel worse about it.

If it’s one thing I learned is that I have to at least make an attempt to try something while recognizing challenges that I face and known that this is just one day or a part of the day that’s frustrating and there’s going to be better days ahead.