Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi. I’m curious how many of us with autism work or study. I was terrible at school, couldn’t cope at all and was eventually taught at home. I’ve been attempting to integrate in the workplace for the last two years, I currently volunteer every now and then, there is the potential of paid work with this business in the end but it all relies on whether I can stabalise going in to volunteer/work. Generally I go in for a day or two and then I am hit by a wave of fatigue. I suppose it’s a result of anxiety, bordering on the line of burnout because it’s the worst fatigue I’ve ever had. I become so tired I feel dizzy and can hardly stand and then I need to rest and I literally can’t function for days after…
Rest and bed is required but whilst I’m like this I’m unable to properly work and it’s really frustrating, especially as the people I volunteer with have confirmed I could have a work position with them in the end. I tried seeking professional help but that was a dead end route.
Currently I just volunteer every now and then. I would love to do more but I physically and mentally cannot sustain this.
I do a lot at home, mostly hobby projects like writing and working on classic cars but because of this I am unemployed and somewhat reliant on my parents. They support me and help me with my daily struggles but they are older now, and not in the best of health, so it does concern me as to what will happen to me if anything were to happen to them. Though I try not to think about that too much.
I am curious how many here work or volunteer and study? I’ve tried but I can’t seem to nail it.
I work since I turned 15, although the amount of strangers and flood of information and new places made me cry constantly I had to work because we were poor. I had ideas for myself for life, but I often heard that I will fail and I shouldn’t even try. I wanted to be an architect. But finally I decided to stop listening to my family and I went to study logistics. Graduated with good grades but even after that had a lot of troubles finding job better than stressful and low salary jobs. My current job is also low salary but at least suits me and looks like they are happy because I have things done and I keep it in order. Due to very little contact with strangers I don’t have much anxiety. So now I can say I finally settled. If I didn’t know I have Asperger I would have probably keep pushing myself to the places and jobs that cause me stress and make me suffer and would probably keep thinking why I can’t cope like others and what’s wrong etc.