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shortfatbalduglyman
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19 Jun 2025, 10:23 pm

Last week, forgot my employee login number. Been working there over four and a half years.

42 years old. Live alone. Always been single. Zero children. Been working at Home Depot as Lot Attendant.

Paranoid it's a symptom of dementia or some other undiagnosed condition. Something like that.

surreal, dissociated, detached, wounded, useless, pathetic, apathetic

exhausted all the time

everything is hard: staying awake, falling asleep, (emotional over)eating, Litterbox, talking. (things like trying to have a conversation, successfully refraining from getting made redundant, cooking, are like trapeze acts - i literally and figuretively could not even dream of doing them.

autistic and clinically depressed, diagnosed 21



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27 Jun 2025, 4:38 pm

Today forgot locker combo

Human Resources told me

But what if I forget something and nobody is there to tell me? What if I forget my address?

Dementia

Alzheimer's

Go to a doctor



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28 Jun 2025, 12:26 pm

I think you should see a doctor. Is it possible to have a social worker who will help you also?

I keep all my passwords in the same notebook, and on my phone's notes app. Though at my phone they are written in a way only i can understand.



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03 Jul 2025, 9:23 am

I would advise seeing not only regular doctor but psychiatrist because a lot of the symptoms you wrote about are symptoms of depression. Autistic burnout also comes to mind.


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