I can't believe I'm 27

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I feel too far behind, I want to catch up with my peers but dont know if it's possible. I wonder how others progress in life that fast, while I struggle to get my act together. Time seems to pass very quickly. I doubt if it has anything to do with my adhd or autism. Like i perceive the time different or i have a slow pace because of depression. But i can't keep going on like this. Future doesn't seem good for me, if nothing changes.

Yeah I get what you mean there

I mean people say that everyone reaches milestones at a different rate but I swear I've missed a lot of mine and it's way too late now for me to ever get it back

the time thing as well. Yeah it does go quicker as you get older

I've found that filling my time with things can help it to seem to pass a bit slower

Idk really I think we're all just winging it most of the time

Good luck man

It is okay to be behind as a person with developmental issues such as autism.

Don't feel bad, it is expected that this can happen to many autistic people.

You're still really young, and as someone said it's ok to be behind as someone with developmental issues. I didn't start a "proper job," until your age. I was struggling quite badly when I was 27. In 10 years later, I'm in a much better spot.

I'm 37 and I don't have children, or own a house, but I'm relatively content with my life. I can take care of myself. You don't need to do "age normative things," just focus on what brings you joy in life.

As a 35 year old who felt almost exactly like that when I was 26(minus the adhd didn't get that diagnoses till, this year actually) but I had all the adhd symptoms I just didn't know it was adhd I thought I just sucked at life. But anyways it has everything to do with your adhd and autism. You likely have a slow pace and depression because of the adhd, and autism combination like it overworks your brain and that's hard to handle sometimes which leads to some of the depression and sometimes makes it hard to get along with people which can lead to negative social experiences which of course in turn can cause depression. Are you in any treatment for the Adhd? like meds or therapy? I am thinking of looking into both because yeah the more I think about it the more I realize how much it's probably affected me throughout my life.