Change is one of those subjects that can be hard for me to deal with. As someone once said, change is evident, and it happens. Sometimes it happens and we can do nothing about it but just roll with it and accept it for what it is. We sometimes have to let go of what had been long believed to be in place or what has been in our lives forever and learn to adapt to new ways.

It can be hard to accept what is going on before adapting to something new. I have been through so many changes in the past two years and have been able to adapt so well to each of them. They may have not have all been smooth as far as my mental health goes, but I am getting better at accepting then adapting things as they come.

My anxiety about change is many times just reduced to small bursts filled with adrenaline and cortisol. Once I have a grounding that I cannot change what is going on about the change and learn to adapt and accept things in my own way, the pressure seems to go away. It is at those moments that I hate about anxiety that make things the worst thing about life. If it wasn’t in my life, things would be so much easier.

Change is never easy on anyone, regardless of neurotype. But for autistic people when there is uncertainty of what is expected or how things are going to go can be challenging and cause the anxiety to flutter to the point that is the worst feeling. But there have been oftentimes many things that I have done more than what my anxiety wants me to think about the change being as worse as it seems, when it really is not.

I have had to learn to let go of accepting the fact that something is going to always be in my life. Change is always going to happen whether we like it or not. It is always knowing that just because something is seeming challenging or may be hard that it may not be. It is important to be patient and trust the process that comes with adapting to new things that is hard to get through. It is knowing what I can do versus what I cannot.

Sometimes my anxiety makes me think of several reasons to not go through with a change because it thinks of the worst-case scenario when it comes to doing something that seems scary. But then I think about something that I did that was even more challenging than what the thing I have to adapt to was. Knowing that helps me overcome the anxiety and realize that I can overcome anything that I put my mind to if I allow myself to think that I can.

By having a better mindset that knows that I am capable of doing the things that I have reassurance in knowing that I can do can go a long way at being better at adapting to change. Change is never easy for anyone, but by working at making it easier for me can go a long way in ensuring that things work the best that they can to go as smoothly as possible.