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I feel useless

Ladybug5

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to go to Uni, or form relationships, or get a job, or live independently. I don’t even know if I enjoy or am capable of anything. I know people can be happy living simple lives and not “achieving” anything career wise etc but i have practically no function. I just want to be normal but I can’t do the bare minimum and have no desire to.

I had Uni and a future career planned and I just can’t do it.

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  • Being autistic in a world that's not built for us is already a lot of hard work- just the fact that you're still here is proof that you are doing something, even if that something is 'surviving'.

    You said in one of your replies that you've had depression for a long time as well- are you receiving any treatment for it? I often find that if my own mental health issues are untreated or the current treatment isn't working well, it takes me all my time and energy just to exist, and everything seems a lot more hopeless than it does when things are going well.

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  • Being autistic in a world that's not built for us is already a lot of hard work- just the fact that you're still here is proof that you are doing something, even if that something is 'surviving'.

    You said in one of your replies that you've had depression for a long time as well- are you receiving any treatment for it? I often find that if my own mental health issues are untreated or the current treatment isn't working well, it takes me all my time and energy just to exist, and everything seems a lot more hopeless than it does when things are going well.

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