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Work struggles

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Hi, I hear autistic people can do well in a job, but I also fear they can tragically fail. I'm reading about being absent minded, lost in their own world, not taking things in easily, gaps in skills, abrupt and aggresive, I have identified with all these. I also read about focus and precision, time reliably and good work ethic. Sadly I identify more with the first, but I also have nounerous mental health problems and very traumatic childhood. 

Still, which positives and negatives have autistic people with at the workplace? I'm currently on disability benefits, but I wonder what is the general experience of people with mental health problems at the workplace?

Please sign some light! 

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  • I have two jobs. The main one requires a lot of organisation and analysis, though I tend to take longer to do things because I want to make sure I get things absolutely right (and I'm easily distracted - I was diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year). I struggle so much with the 'people' side of things - the unwritten social rules, the agendas, the being told one thing by one person and a different thing by another person. In my other job, I have a lot more freedom to do and say what I want - in fact, that's a core aspect of the job.

    I've also had a traumatic childhood, though I've only really started to accept this following my autism diagnosis last year. I have regularly experienced depression for the past 25 years. As Paul from the YouTube channel Adult with Autism says: "As I get older, my resilience wall gets thinner."

  • in reply to Autistic Not Alien

    Wow that's great that you have to jobs and successfully undertaking them,  I'm trying my best in the world of work but won't deny I find it difficult.  I also get distracted very easily too and need to be on my own in silence to concentrate. I was diagnosed with autism about 30 years ago but struggled to come to terms with it until now,  I simply just want to be me not someone I think people want to see

  • in reply to Marvel boy

    Thank you, though I think 'successfully' is too generous! I'm in a long phase of burnout. Like you, I just want to be myself. Being financially independent without the need to work would allows this, and it would be a gift more precious than I can adequately describe. 

  • in reply to Autistic Not Alien

    I really do understand where you are coming from,  I  feel like a 15 year old boy trapped in a 44 year old man's body,  I really struggle at times Sob 

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