Not coping

I'm not coping to well at the moment. I'm finding life really hard, the struggle with ASD, depression is sinking its teeth in and I feel like I'm almost out of energy to keep going now. I'm tired, I'm stressed, overwhelmed and so depressed. I was hoping things would get better but they never do, if anything it just keeps getting worse. I got my first job last December lost it in January because I couldn't cope, so pathetic, even my dad says I should have been stronger and tried harder. Maybe I should have I don't know, my anxiety rose just couldn't do it couldn't cope. I'm lonely to never had any friends, at school I was the loser girl who was always on her own, that's not changed. I did have this support worker who used to see me told me to make a list of good things about me and my day each day but never could think of anything, she's gone now anyway. Lost funding or something. So I'm on my own fighting the fight of life. Feel like I'm losing it.

I'm just tired of all this, of life. It's so depressing and the fact that I have ASD as well is just frustrating. I mean it explains a lot about me which I was always curious about but it doesn't help the situation as there's nothing that can be done about it. So it just adds to the distress. But I'm open to trying to improve my life and myself so thought I would give this a go.

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  • I really hope things get better for you soon. Being much older than you I was never allowed to be diffrent, ASD wasn't known about in the 70's. You dad sounds very much like mine was when I was younger, the just get on with it type. You are young, I went through bad periods in my teens and 20's and was then ok until I was 50. You life will improve, and it may come at very unexpected times. Don't be tough on yourself, learn to know your limits, even learn love yourself a little. Have you any family like aunts our cousins you coud tak to? You wil oftern find things are much less worse in reality than they are in your head. Really hope you come through this.

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  • I really hope things get better for you soon. Being much older than you I was never allowed to be diffrent, ASD wasn't known about in the 70's. You dad sounds very much like mine was when I was younger, the just get on with it type. You are young, I went through bad periods in my teens and 20's and was then ok until I was 50. You life will improve, and it may come at very unexpected times. Don't be tough on yourself, learn to know your limits, even learn love yourself a little. Have you any family like aunts our cousins you coud tak to? You wil oftern find things are much less worse in reality than they are in your head. Really hope you come through this.

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