Please can someone help me? I am desperately trying to find a job that is suitable for someone in my position - my position being:
A) I have Aspergers
B) I have no GCSEs or A-levels
My situation is that I am constantly, CONSTANTLY, searching for jobs online and any other way I can think of, but I always get into this viscious circle of having no experience so never getting any.
I left school at 13, due to my Aspergers, which is why I missed out on my exams. I do have a Theatre degree but this is literally the only qualification I have.
The only things that I am good at - at least on a professional level - is acting, close-up magic and writing. After I graduated, in 2015, I moved to London to try and pursue a career in performing arts. Whilst this isn't going terribly in itself, what I am trying to do is find a part time 'side job' to bring in some money for my flat. However, Im just having no luck whatsoever because I'm simply not capable of doing anything else.
I can't do anything like retail or hitting targets because I'm terrible with numbers and can't deal with high pressure environments in that instance. I'm very anti-social so I'm not very good at dealing with people - customer complaints for example. People make me lose my temper a lot.
I am trying to start up a business with my magic performing at weddings, etc, but like acting this also takes time and it's not bringng in enough income yet.
People are always saying to me that I should just take 'any old job' and accept the fact that it won't be ideal. One line I hear a lot of is 'It's what everyone else does' but people don't realise that I am not everyone else, I'm me and I'm different. Believe me, I wish I could just take any old job, it would certainly make my life a damn site easier! I cannot change the way I am, but people are always saying I need to change which I don't think is reasonable. It's like asking a man with no legs to become a hurdler.
I am a man with no legs living in a world of hurdlers...that's what it feels like anyway.
I need help. I am perfectly well aware that I need to get a job - and I want to - but I just don't know how to find a job that fits my needs.
Can someone, anyone, please help?
