#needing support

Especially with the autistic community constantly screaming about how we don’t need help with these things, when a lot of us do. A lot of us do need substantial help with bathing, grooming, and toileting. Some of us do need substantial help with all these things, and people need to realize that.

@l-asers thank you so much! I’m posting this for everyone else who’s needing it tonight. 

I'm truly proud of myself for making it through the weekend sober. From going out with my friends on Friday to spending some time alone time working. I got very depressed over the weekend and was craving a drink but I didn't and, in the end, I'm so happy I made it to Monday sober. I still don't have that many days clean but it's a positive way to start my week and I'm trying hard to keep it up. Even being able to come here and see everything people on their own blogs are doing to stay clean has been so helpful and a great resource so thank you all. Have a great week and wish me luck!! As usual- if you have any advice on staying sober, pass it along my way. It's always welcome. 💚

There’s a particular kind of pain that comes from struggling in silence. Not because help isn’t needed—but because asking for it feels like too much.When you’re going through something heavy, the mind has a way of convincing you that your feelings are inconvenient, that your pain might interrupt someone else’s life. So instead of reaching out, you sit with it. You replay thoughts. You overanalyze. And slowly, the weight grows heavier.This kind of loneliness isn’t dramatic. It’s quiet. And because it’s quiet, it often goes unseen.But needing support doesn’t make you weak. It makes you human. You were never meant to process everything on your own. Pain grows louder in isolation, and softer when it’s shared with someone safe.If you’re in that place right now—feeling overwhelmed but hesitant to speak—please know this: you are not a burden. Your feelings matter. Your voice deserves space.You don’t have to drown in your thoughts to prove your strength. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is let someone sit beside you in the dark.