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Amber
Being Autistic = The times I’m aware of my autism the most is when I’m in a group of new people or when plans suddenly change. It scares me, even when I rationally know that I don’t need to worry, it still scares me because it’s too unpredictable and I feel safer knowing what happens next. This is something that always goes on in my brain, worrying about unpredictable things, and I’ll have to learn to manage it for the rest of my life.
“Would you like to come to a get-together tomorrow?” Mya is looking at me with those beautiful eyes, which are moving side to side nervously. “It’s nothing big. It’s just a couple of friends, and we’re going to the forest.” Her eyes dart away as my heart flutters.
The idea of spending time with a group of people I don’t know scares me, but, at t
