Life on the spectrum is a literal roller coaster that whirls from giddy nervousness to completely overwhelming anxiety, a gnawing, jittery, ever-present sensation of waiting for the threat . . . waiting for the fear. It’s like living with the Jaws music playing. You don’t see the danger. But you surely know there’s something “out there.” That’s anxiety. We spectrumites, whose bodies and minds are wired a little differently, live with varying levels and intensities of almost perpetual anxiety.
