Children with asd....such an uncertain future.

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Anyone get overwhelmed (and sometimes a bit teary ) about the uncertainty of their dc's future?
Have had a bit of a shit day and just thinking about how different dd is to other children makes me a bit sad. Not because we want her to be any different but society isnt always so accepting of "different". I get like this, then tomorrow i will feel good about the positives in our lives again. Sigh.

I do feel this some days, it is proper hard. At times I have seriously considered anti depressants but On the advice of a few Friends tried hypnotherapy, it was surprisingly effective. Firstly, I think because there was someone who I could just let it all out to (instead of acting like everything was fine like I do in the rest of my life) and then the hypnotherapy itself did really help me accept that ds is different but different really is ok. Things have seemed 1000 times better and I only had 1 session which cost me £50, money well spent.
I also use hypnotherapy videos on YouTube to go to sleep every night and
I have been trying to practice mindfulness lately, just focussing on the here and now, enjoying the small things in life, and leaving the worrying behind. It's a new habit I am trying to start, I am seeing worrying like a bad habit I need to break, apparently it only takes 21 days to give any habit up.