The verbal dilemma

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Your’e so smart, and you appear independent minded to me.

That’s half the problem . I’m verbally smart which in a 2D environment such as here carries a lot of weight.

The truth though is that I struggle with practical intelligence/practical tasks(some of the things you mentioned). This of course has never been fully recognised by the psychiatric system as even mental health professionals jump to the erroneous conclusion that to be good verbally is automatically to be good non-verbally .

Then there are the social interaction issues. I think, in that they say I have very poor social skills, they recognise that to some extent. However there’s been little help with that aspect of things and no recognition these might involve co-morbid problems like asd/dyspraxia/nvld as much or more than mental illness.

I come across as far more functional in this highly verbal environment than I am in real life. Without the support I get I’d struggle to cope with day to day living. I guess in the grand scheme of things that does make me better of than those who couldn’t live independently even with a lot of support. It’s all relative though.

I don’t think the disjoint between how someone comes across on a forum such as this and how they may function when it comes to day to day life is solely relevant to me.
There are no doubt others who come across here as doing very well because of their verbal skills when the truth is they too may have ongoing difficulties .