Not at all sure I fit in here

Having read comments here over the last couple of days  I'm increasingly wondering whether this community/forum is a good fit for me.  Whereas I'm not a severe autistic needing 24x7x365 care I also can't identify with the high powered careers and lives  many of you seem to have.

To some degree that may be due to having a comorbid  schizophrenia/schizo-affective dx.It's a compatibility issue not one where any of you have done anything wrong. I've never had a paid job.I lead a rather basic lifestyle to minimise stress . Stress being my 'green kryptonite'. Even then it's only with quite a lot of support  That's because  in  my case adaptive functioning is significantly < than would reasonably be expected given my level of intelligence.

I've not read much at all about others here being in the same boat, which leads me to believe I'm something of an 'outlier'.

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  • As the saying goes, " if you meet one autistic person ... you've met one autistic person."  We are all weirdly wired in our own unique way. Hopefully you will find some stuff that is relevant to you, and you can ignore the rest. Welcome to the zoo!

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  • As the saying goes, " if you meet one autistic person ... you've met one autistic person."  We are all weirdly wired in our own unique way. Hopefully you will find some stuff that is relevant to you, and you can ignore the rest. Welcome to the zoo!

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