What can I try to help with growing & changing?

Start a "growth log" — once a month, write down one thing that has got easier than it used to be, however small. After a year, you will have evidence of real development that you might not have noticed day to day. Talk to neurodivergent adults (in person, online, or through books and videos) and ask them what got easier as they got older. Hearing that others have walked this path and found things improving is genuinely reassuring. When something feels impossibly hard, ask yourself: "Would this have been easier two years ago, or harder?" If it would have been harder, that is proof your brain is still growing and developing. If it is new-hard, that is because your life is getting more complex — not because you are getting worse. Write a letter to your future self about what you are struggling with now. Seal it and open it in one year. Most people are surprised by how much has changed.

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