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Venting on how working is hard

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I have found the last 10 years quite tough. If I had to point just to one thing, I most commonly felt -and feel- alienated (or estranged).

There is like an oscillation: trying, failing, trying, failing...

I am exhausted, I feel an alien that doesn't quite know why it can't be fully like the others. I fear I will never be able to work, and this in turn makes me feel lazy or unworthy of love.

I have tried to cope, but this has left me quite disabled -or so I feel. And even with reasonable work experience and degrees, I feel just drained.

I was told this was autisc burnout, but sometimes I doubt it will go away. It feels like stuck with me.

I wonder how this maps to your case, or anything that comes to your mind.

If you feel so too, I share my love to you.

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  • Hi Almond,

    I can definitely identify with feeling like an exhausted alien. Although I’m still employed at the moment, after working - but struggling significantly at times -,for 27 years I have been off all of this year on sick leave due to what has been diagnosed as autistic burnout at the same time as receiving an autism diagnosis. I feel so anxious and depressed most of the time and scared that I won’t ever be well enough to work. 

    Sending you lots of love back x

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  • Hi Almond,

    I can definitely identify with feeling like an exhausted alien. Although I’m still employed at the moment, after working - but struggling significantly at times -,for 27 years I have been off all of this year on sick leave due to what has been diagnosed as autistic burnout at the same time as receiving an autism diagnosis. I feel so anxious and depressed most of the time and scared that I won’t ever be well enough to work. 

    Sending you lots of love back x

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