How do you find living on your own? I really want to move in to my own place as I am 27, nearly 28, and I am still so dependent on my parents but they are getting on in years and I know I can’t be relying on them forever. It’s a terrifying thought for me as I am autistic, shy and very quiet, I hardly speak and I have no idea what I’m doing most of the time.
I feel like I’m in a car and no one’s driving. Going forward but no one’s here steering.
One thing I have done is started going out by myself, 5 minutes every day to the park in the morning when it’s nice and quiet. When I get home I get washed over by total exhaustion and need to sleep for an hour or 2 to recover.I wish I didn’t get tired so easily, but when you’re autistic there is so much to process and do to get through everything. I've always been like this, at school if it was a busier more hard wearing day I would be exhausted by lunch and several times I was told off for falling asleep in class. I wish I had been diagnosed at the time, they might have been more understanding about it.
I'm not rushing this, rushing in usually has a bad outcome, so I am trying to take my time with this in the hopes it all works out in the end.
Oh and hi, I’m Paris.