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When you feel pretty much useless in this world, and being a part of the system is a huge weight on your shoulders. People often say get into hobbies, but none of them interest me, even if I had one, I think I probable couldn't do it on schedule, I just do things randomly except eating and hygiene. I only feel that "I'm working" when I'm interested in something and nothing disturbs me, but doing multiple things in one day is just impossible for me.

Are you talking about employment? I find jobs that are uninteresting to be nearly impossible for me unless I can listen to my ipod. Before that the boredom was becoming depressing to the point of pain.

I don't know what to do either. I've tried everything to help me feel better: voluntary work, courses, work experiences, keeping in touch and meeting friends, getting public transport and going different places, doing gentle exercise like evening walks or jogs, you name it I've done it, and I STILL don't feel good about myself. And taking up hobbies doesn't always help either, because I don't really have any social hobbies, and there is not anything in this area either what I could join if I wanted to.

I am on job-seekers doing my best to look for employment but I can't get into any employment because my disability is so misunderstood that it goes against me.


Ahh! Where is the light?! !! Where will my life get to? And no, meds won't help either, from what I've read in several threads here, meds either don't work on Aspie brains or destroy the Aspie emotionally, so I guess Asperger's Syndrome is just crueler than Alzheimer's and cancer put together (and those are cruel!)

f**k Autism. Why the f**k did it have to be ME, and none of my other cousins!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! ! It's really not fair.

Um, there are actually a lot of aspies on antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications because of just these sorts of thoughts. Such medications have differing effects on everyone. Many people, NT or otherwise, have to experiment to find a medication combination that helps their anxiety or depression. It may be a bit more difficult with aspies, but that's no reason to say that medication cannot help you. It's just a matter of experimenting with chemicals and dosages with a competent psychiatrist.

I know but there was just a thread once saying ''does medication only work on NT brains?'' or something like that. But I'm not sure if it applies to people on the milder end of the spectrum or not, perhaps medication can have a different affect on those on the more severe end of the spectrum, I don't know.

I just hope what you're saying is right.

NT's just don't understand that "being happy" is not enough for us, we want to fulfil ourselves.

What fulfills you, Dizzee ?


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Having a passion, I believe that most of the people do a job just to survive and make money, make life experience better etc. That's just not in my nature, I don't want to live a pointless selfish life, cuz one day you will die without achieving anything. People often say you can only achieve something by a hard work, but why should I work hard if it doesn't give me any satisfaction? People live by a basic formula and anyone who don't act the same way is described as a failure in life, that's just bloody pathetic, NT's are way too full of themselves in this world.

I don't work because it gives me satisfaction. In fact, I hate my job. I do it because it pays the rent. Real simple. I'm between jobs now but will be going back in a few months. (Yeah. I've gotta find one first).

I'm also a person who needs to keep busy with a hobby. It'll drive me crazy if I wasn't doing something. The medication I started recently seems to be helping. I'm writing short stories again. I think if I wasn't busy I would feel pretty much useless in the world.