A reoccurring challenge throughout my life has been how to cope with ‘endings.’ An ending could be:
- Leaving school, college or university
- Leaving a job
- Finishing a series of therapy sessions
- Someone in a professional position of care for you (e.g. carer, counsellor, GP, physiotherapist) leaving their role
- A colleague leaving their job
I’ve faced each of these scenarios and haven’t coped well with any of them. I find them terribly upsetting.
One of the reasons that I find endings so upsetting is because they are a signal of change. They are a ‘transition.’ Autistic people often struggle greatly with change.
In this article, I will discuss some strategies I use to make endings a little bit easier. Endings are still excruciatingly painful, but these strategies have definitely made a difference. Other autistic people might find them useful as well:
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