If I let myself, sometimes my thoughts can take me to some dark places.

They can make me think things that no one wants to hear or believe.

But what is more important is that I ignore them and push myself out of darkness.

I always know that life is worth living.

That is why the statistics between suicide and autism are so bleak.

Because autistic people have a hard time seeing a way out of the darkness.

Thankfully, I am in a good place mentally and know that thoughts are just that, thoughts. They are not really what they seem to be.

Things will get better. It takes taking care of my mental health and being the best that I can be.

That may mean that I have to constantly find things to do or infodump on things on the Internet to keep my mind away from thinking about things that are negative.

I know I am loved; I am enough and I matter.

And you are also.

You are not your thoughts. Just remember that.

Never give up; Don’t you ever give up!