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What aspects of daily life do you find most challenging?

—TOM—
8 months ago

Hi all,

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!

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  • 8 months ago

    Finding meaning in being alive is my biggest challenge 

    I recently saw the reality that I matter less than I had previously thought.  I have used my imagination as my reality for so long.  Now I am 58. 
    I am seeing my relative unimportance and I feel embarrassed that I have lived my entire life in my head in delusions of grandeur. 

  • 8 months ago in reply to NAS73180

    I seem to manage things ok but just ok, work, socially, day to day stuff. My biggest challenge is to get my partner to accept my struggles and to help my youngest son manage himself in order to prepare him for later life. He had a complete meltdown as it was his first day back at school today. He was in such a state and I just have to hand him over, I then spend the rest of the day constantly going over it in my head. I am over empathetic as well so I truly feel his pain.

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  • 8 months ago in reply to NAS73180

    I seem to manage things ok but just ok, work, socially, day to day stuff. My biggest challenge is to get my partner to accept my struggles and to help my youngest son manage himself in order to prepare him for later life. He had a complete meltdown as it was his first day back at school today. He was in such a state and I just have to hand him over, I then spend the rest of the day constantly going over it in my head. I am over empathetic as well so I truly feel his pain.

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  • 8 months ago in reply to Take5

    I was so worried about my son yesterday - it was his first day back at school and he was so unhappy about it. When my wife got home, she told me that he cried in the morning when he was at school. Thankfully, he seemed much happier in the evening.