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Summer depression

I'm still in high school, and while I don't enjoy it that much, that doesn't mean I will be missing it during the summer. While break hasn't even started yet, I'm just getting so much anxiety...about getting summer anxiety. Yeah, for the past two years, summer has been a drag to me. Nowadays, I used to be happy I'm in my house/room all day, but now, I just want to get out, and do what other teens do in the summer. I keep imagining something like the ones who hang out in parking lots or something, even if that may never happen. Now, I just keep picturing how I am going to survive 2 months of trying to find ways to entertain myself. Speaking of which, I only miss high school because of the people...and being able to be in rooms of others. I was in summer school those years, but it still didn't feel the same. In fact, this kind of worries me of what will happen to me after graduation...I mean, I can't even survive two months...yet I did.

Now I heard that, as an autistic person, this is normal, and when your schedule is disrupted, this is what happens. However, I'm still scared of going through another depression/anxiousness. This isn't something I can't drop, I KNOW this will happen. I do plan on working, but does anyone have any advice? It's only 4 weeks away, but I still can't keep my mind off it.
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This happens to people who aren't autistic as well.  Change is hard for anxiety sufferers very often, but after some time passes you get used to it.  This sounds like what happens to you -- you get anticipatory anxiety, then it goes away over time as you get used to the new circumstances.  As for wanting to get out, you just have to do it, even if it's hard, and for anxiety sufferers things are hard.  
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