It makes a big difference to go from
"I feel like I wanna cry for no reason at all and I don't know what to do about it" (- helplessness)
To
"I feel like I wanna cry for no reason at all. Why could it be?
It feels like I'm overwhelmed. By what?
Two days of constant masking in a strange new place is probably it (even if the people around were lovely). What can I do about it?
Quiet time, rest, giving myself permission to disengage from social obligations for a while." (- making sense of it, understanding myself, and self-care)
It's taken many years to arrive here, but I'm happy to notice that I've made progress.
@intransitivelie
Thank you. I'm hoping so too. Coming across the #ActuallyAutistic community is probably going to help a lot with that, I already have a bunch of bookmarks to helpful resources people have shared.
@digital_carver
That's terrific! I hope the progress continues!