Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
I was diagnosed with autism 3 years ago as a 30 year old man and at that time I had a decent quality of life, a good job, a great social life and wonderful home life. However even with this life I ended up with quite severe depression which after a while resulted me in receiving the diagnosis of having autism. It’s obvious now that throughout my life I was continuously masking just to get through each day and to survive so to speak.
Now that I’m more aware about myself and allow myself to be truly me, I find it extremely difficult to be happy sometimes which may be the case for some of you also. I particularly find it difficult in gaining employment once again which is more suitable to my needs and also being social making friends who accept me for how I am and for who I am.
With this in mind I’m genuinely curious to see what is the biggest issue you find or struggle with as an autistic individual?
Thank you for taking to the time look at this and hoping your having a good day!
Work is my biggest struggle, it saps most of my energey. Trying to remember everything, try not to screw up, its a quite technical job and I can be clumsey. Trying desperatly not to screw up so my boss sees that I am just ok at my job. Used to be better until 2020 and my massive burn out, still not recovered. Thankfully in a year or so we are relocation 'up north' for a simpler life and I hope just working in a shop or something will be much better for me.