Worst thing about autism?

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The worst thing about being on the spectrum for me is always being behind socially. I never fit in with my peers, as they see things with NT eyes. Masking gets very draining to do over extended periods of time.

My biggest frustration is that there are days when I'm not even "in my own world", I'm in no world at all. I'm supposedly awake, but I'm not really. Makes it hard to do just about anything other than staring into space.

Not sure if I can say this is "part of autism", but I don't know what else I could say it is, so for all intents and purposes it's autism. Unless we're talking about ADHD or schizoid PD. Then it's one of those things. Potayto, I guess...

Migraines from sensory overload (misophonia, sunlight, cooking smells, flowers, detergents, fabrics, human speech).

Everything else sucks too, but migraines have to be the worst because they cause physical agony.

The two worst things for me are headaches from sensory overload, and not many people sharing my interests.
Obviously, not understanding many social cues is bad, but as IsabellaLinton said,"Everything else sucks too, but migraines have to be the worst because they cause physical agony."

Developmental delays and co occurring conditions. Esp. in more severe autism.

I agree with those who say burning out quicker. I always am amazed at how much stuff normal people handle and I just know if I tried that even for a week I'd be crying in a corner losing it because I'd be having such a bad meltdown. Its just enough to manage what I do in life (basically work and come home) and people are like "that's all you do?" not realizing the toll it takes and how I just need to hide away to handle what I am doing without losing it even worse.

Also, sensory issues can be awful. Particularly noise sensitivity is bad for me.

Often feeling tense or on edge especially in newer situations, not being able to just "go with the flow" like others can. Change is super hard, takes a real long time to get ok with it, much longer than normal people.

Having a much harder time making good connections with others and socializing being harder all around. Gets lonely.

It just gets real frustrating and draining.

Currently, the worst thing about Autism is that, combined with the co-morbidities, I can't go to the hospital even if I get sick. I can pass for a few hours, but the staff and I would both be wishing me dead within a day.