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Not at all sure I fit in here

firemonkey
over 2 years ago

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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  • over 2 years ago

    Thanks,all of you.Recent threads here, coupled with tweets on  'autistic twitter' had had me doubting  whether  I belonged,or not, within the autistic community.   I've learnt from experience that just as with the NT community,there is a hierarchy with both having people who are more influential,popular, and highly valued than others. I've always been rather low on that particular totem pole. I'll never be an 'autistic influencer' with a Youtube channel that has 100 K or so subscribers. Nor will I ever be a 'go to' person  for media interviews.

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  • over 2 years ago

    Thanks,all of you.Recent threads here, coupled with tweets on  'autistic twitter' had had me doubting  whether  I belonged,or not, within the autistic community.   I've learnt from experience that just as with the NT community,there is a hierarchy with both having people who are more influential,popular, and highly valued than others. I've always been rather low on that particular totem pole. I'll never be an 'autistic influencer' with a Youtube channel that has 100 K or so subscribers. Nor will I ever be a 'go to' person  for media interviews.

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