Handling rejection for being autistic.

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So I wanted to do a huge number of things I really like to do for example applying to be on TV/game show or applying for a job working in tech or media outside retail. I have a dream to do all of those but because I am autistic I feel like my dreams ain't gonna come true. There are always setbacks and that's what puts me off. Seeing people succeed in those makes me so jealous in turn makes me want to committ suicide and kill myself as I don't belong in this world anymore.

I feel like I am at a dead end with no where else to go but to end me.

What are you good at?

It sounds like being rejected for being autistic isn't your problem, instead being afraid of potentially being rejected for being autistic is.

I agree with funeralxempire.

I think of it as wandering through the woods. I can't see what is down each path but I explore. I try the most promising-looking path and if that doesn't work I try a few more paths.

Some of the best things that have happened to me were not planned by me and often not even foreseen by me. I was trying different things and stumbled across a good path.

You may not know which paths will take you forward but you do know staying-put won't.

The key is figuring out how to trick your brain into letting you apply even though you expect to face potential and sometimes probable rejection. Yes, rejection sucks, but it also teaches us if we let it. Most times the rejection isn't personal or meant to be hurtful, it is just how life works. If 1000 people apply for 1 job, how many people get rejected? It is all a part of this strange trip called life. Figure out how to see and make your autism a strength, something to be respected by others. Sure we have limitations but so does everyone else, they don't define who we are unless we let them.

I feel like I am at a dead end with no where else to go but to end me.

Sometimes our view of life can be shaped by TV and we can begin to think of what role we can play in life. This can lead us to think of life as a performance and value ourselves in terms of what others might think.

Real life consists of acquiring enough income to support ourselves and having enough surplus time and money to be able to pursue that which satisfies. Some find in religion a spiritual satisfaction. Some find in activities such as fishing, tennis, or travel some satisfaction. Other may find helping people through volunteer work to be satisfying.

As master of your life, you might try experimenting to see what things you might enjoy.