I used to be a hospice nurse. but I was haunted by images of death and always had trouble sleeping.
I used to be a nursing home nurse but I was too slow.
For all my nursing effort I increasingly found it difficult to touch or be touched by people, or to clean or otherwise get near to vomit, spit, nasal discharge, blood, urine and feces.
I was told by the people that employed me that patients and colleagues thought I was strange and didn't want to work with me so they let me go.
I used to write and publish massage magazine articles on massage history and clinical massage practice. I also wrote and published five books on the history, methods and clinical application of massage but my publishers decided I was too pedantic and didn't want to publish me any longer.
I used to try to sell furniture but my colleagues said I was strange and didn't want to work with me.
I wanted to try paralegal work as I completed a certificate at a prestigious universitry but I was frequently told I was too old and didn't have the ten or mmore years experience they now require.
I used to work in market research and technical sales but opportunities dried up a long time ago.
Now at 63 I don't know what I want to do with my life, but certainly not just give up and retire!
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"The purpose of the physician is to entertain the patient whilst the disease runs its inevitable course." -Voltaire
Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AT) Test: 46
Broad Autism Phenotype Test: 132 aloof, 114 rigid, 99 pragmatic