In life, reality can be thrown at us quickly. What we have come to expect to always be there can be swept away from us on quite short notice. It produces a change that too many autistic people can produce a heightened sense of anxiety and unwillingness to accept that things are the way that they are. But, if you want to continue life as it is, then you must accept that you must undergo what is ordered.

Change is scary and there are times when I think of the worst possible scenario that could happen to me in this process. But what if things do turn out to be better and there are better in the long run that work out to be better for me besides what I have been doing for several years. What if this change works out better all along and it is the steppingstone that I need to move on to bigger and better things than what I have been stuck in for so long? Only time will tell.

Not being willing to make the necessary change will only set you back further than you already are. Maybe that is what has been going on with me for so long. I have had this huge piece of comfort that has made me feel so comfortable that I have deeply relied on it to always be there in my life. But, if I am unwilling to see that making a difference in the way something is projected to be done will be a way that can help me see that there is potential beyond what I am doing, and in fact is there to help me and not hurt me, then I need to give it a chance and see that it is intended to help me and instead of hurt me.

Another part is that I need to be real about caring for my mental health and realize that it is essential to do so when undergoing a major change or anything that involves me being in the outside world with others that are unfamiliar to me. I have for far too long not been real about caring about my mental health and it has had me become at times very sketchy and unwell that the slightest thing could have set me off and I was unwilling to recognize that it is best to adhere to what mental health treatment has been prescribed for me, regardless of what I may think or believe about it. At this point, it is essential for me to adhere to it in order be able to manage my mental health to get through the necessary changes.

It is very important to understand what is going on during the change to the best of your ability and know what to expect. Once you know what is going on, it will ease your mind a bit. It may not totally settle it, but having some idea of what is going on will ease your mind and know that you at least relax and focus on what is needed for you to get through the day and not overthink about what you cannot know will happen when it is time to make the transition to when things are going to happen. It may not be the same as you are used to, but if what is done is done, then that is all you can expect.

Being able to cope with the necessary change is just as essential as being able to understand what is going on with the change. There are going to be things that are going to happen that may be unfamiliar to you that will make you uneasy and you must be willing to prepare yourself and have proper techniques to be able to cope with the challenges that you have to face ahead of you and know that not everything is guaranteed to go the way that you think or want it to go, that there can be variables to the way that things are done and being ready to accept that is essential to making sure that you can manage yourself well in any given situation.

Change is never easy, but you must see how things are going to work for ruling out the possibility of never being able to try something that you are offered or ordered to do. Not being willing to give things a chance and seeing how they are going to go first instead of ruling them out and choosing the way things are going to be or the consequences that are going to be handed down to you if you do not adhere to the options that are being offered to you and see the potential that they bring.