I feel stuck in the environment I live in...
I hate where I live! I live in a apartment (which I always hated.), that would be fine if it wasn't also right next to a very busy street! So every time I have to go somewhere I have to walk on said busy street. I hate the sound of traffic but have no way of dodging it.(Not to mention emergency vehicles are on the road often with their sirens on.)
I feel like I could do more with myself(go more places or maybe get a job.) but the environment is stopping me from doing it.(well I guess sensory issues would be stopping me.)
And to top it all off, a dog that lives under my apartment barks constantly and that just ruins my day.(Barking disturbs me greatly.)
I just needed somewhere to vent. I do wish there was something I could do though.
I did try headphones but stupid dog ruins my day and they also make my head hotter. (Fall feels like summer in Houston.)
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Autism is a disorder not a personality trait!
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference."
I'm on SSI so moving to another area is pretty much not an option. I could stay with my sister, she lives in a quiet area but then I wouldn't have access to anything because I can't drive. The closest convenient store is like a 20 minute walk.
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Autism is a disorder not a personality trait!
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference."
I'm on SSI so moving to another area is pretty much not an option. I could stay with my sister, she lives in a quiet area but then I wouldn't have access to anything because I can't drive. The closest convenient store is like a 20 minute walk.
We're all different people.
Now if it were me, I would love moving in with a sister in a quiet area.
Your apartment sounds similar in some ways to mine ...
and my best friend lived near Houston,
and dearly wished she could move back up North
so yeah, I can understand what you're going through.
I'm on SSI so moving to another area is pretty much not an option. I could stay with my sister, she lives in a quiet area but then I wouldn't have access to anything because I can't drive. The closest convenient store is like a 20 minute walk.
We're all different people.
Now if it were me, I would love moving in with a sister in a quiet area.
Your apartment sounds similar in some ways to mine ...
and my best friend lived near Houston,
and dearly wished she could move back up North
so yeah, I can understand what you're going through.
I'm glad someone else knows the experience. I always think that I'm just whining and no one else ever goes through that.
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Autism is a disorder not a personality trait!
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference."
By the way thanks for the support, I forgot to tell all of you that. I have always been bad at remembering to say thank you to people.
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Autism is a disorder not a personality trait!
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference."
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I also know how much trouble and discomfort sensory issues can cause. Living in a college dorm was pretty similar to that for me. I also am not helped by noise-cancelling headphones - it makes me very anxious if I can't hear what's going on around me because I depend on hearing the way most people depend on sight. I hope your situation can improve in some way soon, I know it's very frustrating to be held back by one thing like that. Big dragon hugs
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
When I first moved to Connecticut I had a 20 minute walk from my apartment to work. It was a full time job, five days a week. It was good exercise and an opportunity to relax from the stresses of work. During the winter I would see stars like Castor and Pollux on my way home. I learned the route so well that I didn't worry about getting lost in a blizzard. But, I grew up in a small town that rarely had bus service for adults.
That sounds cool ...
Thank you I could use a dragon hug! I like to hear everything in my surroundings as well and also get anxious if I don't.(While walking, at home I hate it.)
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Autism is a disorder not a personality trait!
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference."
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