Management Stress

[becominghuman]

I suffer from management stress. Management stress is when one feels a sense of dread or fear because of the inability to manage one’s symptoms well.

I’m in the early stages of my treatment - I have an autism specialist therapist, and am taking anti-depressant medication.

However, I feel stressed because often, I just cannot do certain things right or like others do. I feel afraid and anxious about getting things wrong. Or socially inverted. My whole life has been about just being able to keep up with the “normal”, when my peers have been out enjoying their lives.

I’ve felt stressed because I’ve wanted to do the same. But a lack of understanding - of others and my own - prevented me from doing so because of my condition. So many people around us don’t understand or want to bully people with autism simply because we’re different and see the world differently.

I’m stressed out from the constant overthinking which comes from having to read and re-read social rules and conventions to better understand them.

[becominghuman]

Useful. Thank you!