I’m so sorry for your loss. I can relate to the whole, not wanting to cry. I have a tendency to bottle up my emotions, especially when it comes to grief. Because I expect myself to just get over it instantly. People have told me that if I keep bottling up my emotions, it could lead to depression. I do have a tendency to bottle up my emotions, even when it’s not related to grief.
I'm sorry to hear about your loss Savannah. Nothing can ever prepare us for this kind of event and people react in all sorts of ways. Sometimes grief is delayed as it takes time for the enormity of what happened to sink in. Even some time later certain things can happen to trigger the sadness as you mentioned in the video. I wish you the best in getting through this.
You mentioned anxieties about returning to driving which you haven't done for some time. With autism so much hinges on habit, rhythm and routine so an actvity that hasn't been done for some time and which previously wasn't particularly problematic starts to provoke anxiety. Probably there is no other solution but getting back into that routine and things should then get better. You did mention though some incidents where the children you were driving caused some problems and that would certainly make things more difficult. I don't know if something can be done to make it harder for them to do this as it obviously raises safety issues.
Yeah definitely, I agree, I need to start exploding myself to do it again. The GP has also referred to the MH team. I no longer work in the job driving the children around so thankfully won't have that happen whilst driving again, it's just flashbacks of that whenever I think of driving and constantly anxious I'll be in crash 🤦🏻♀️ x
@@BecomingAutism It's good that you don't have to that anymore. Bad experiences while driving (or doing anything) though can stick in the mind for a long time. They're more likely to stick around for people who don't drive again or only do so rarely so driving regularly again will help although there may also be some extra support available.
I am so sorry to hear about your loss Savannah! My condolences to you!
I’m so sorry for your loss. I can relate to the whole, not wanting to cry. I have a tendency to bottle up my emotions, especially when it comes to grief. Because I expect myself to just get over it instantly. People have told me that if I keep bottling up my emotions, it could lead to depression. I do have a tendency to bottle up my emotions, even when it’s not related to grief.
I'm sorry to hear about your loss Savannah. Nothing can ever prepare us for this kind of event and people react in all sorts of ways. Sometimes grief is delayed as it takes time for the enormity of what happened to sink in. Even some time later certain things can happen to trigger the sadness as you mentioned in the video. I wish you the best in getting through this.
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You mentioned anxieties about returning to driving which you haven't done for some time. With autism so much hinges on habit, rhythm and routine so an actvity that hasn't been done for some time and which previously wasn't particularly problematic starts to provoke anxiety. Probably there is no other solution but getting back into that routine and things should then get better. You did mention though some incidents where the children you were driving caused some problems and that would certainly make things more difficult. I don't know if something can be done to make it harder for them to do this as it obviously raises safety issues.
Yeah definitely, I agree, I need to start exploding myself to do it again. The GP has also referred to the MH team. I no longer work in the job driving the children around so thankfully won't have that happen whilst driving again, it's just flashbacks of that whenever I think of driving and constantly anxious I'll be in crash 🤦🏻♀️ x
@@BecomingAutism It's good that you don't have to that anymore. Bad experiences while driving (or doing anything) though can stick in the mind for a long time. They're more likely to stick around for people who don't drive again or only do so rarely so driving regularly again will help although there may also be some extra support available.