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+1 Going to adopt your outlook. I know that's a typical aspie thing for me to do but these positive thoughts are helping.

I wish you success in your ventures, btw.

Absolutely!

The OP is as if I should have written it myself. That's exactly how I feel.

I've been thinking about theories concerning renicarnation. Some people have theories that you pick your particular life, with its particular challenges, like handicaps and disabilities for instance, because you as a soul have grown so much through past lives that you deliberately picked those challenges to grow from them.

I.e they believe that when you die, you regain memories from all past lives and evaluate your journey. Then you pick a kind of life for your next incarnation that could provide challenges for further growth. As you incarnate, your memory is wiped so you won't repeat mistakes from previous lives or deal with baggage that could keep you stuck in a rut so to speak.

This theory is a bit controversial in that some people can be offended by it. Especially concerning people with serious disabilities.
But on the other hand, as a personal belief for someone with a disability, it can give a sense of purpose to existence, and a way to deal with it. It doesn't seem so "why me?" anymore.

Because let's face it: we've all thought "why me?".

Also, because this theory claims someone deliberately picked a challenging life, then the more serious the handicap, the more spiritually advanced that person is.

I think it's an interesting way that turns the tide a bit, since many people tend to have little regard for those with disabilities. With this theory, those people are old, experienced souls.

I think all life has important purpose, and it's also important not to trivialize the lives of those who appear to have it easy. You know: good looks, no mental or physical disabilities, great social skills, lots of friends etc...
The people who seem to "have it all" often have some hidden curse that might be what's meant to stimulate growth for them in this life.

In closing, I want to say that I don't necessary believe this theory is true, just that I think it is an interesting take on disabilities and purpose, and gives meaning to an existence that some times can seem meaningless.

My apologies if this philosophical/religious perspective diverts from the purpose of the thread, it's just what came to mind and I felt like sharing it

I used to when I was younger. However, I have this existential thing that I think everything is inherently meaningless because we're all going to die. Strangely though, it doesn't (usually) make me depressed. I try to focus on my interests (currently my PhD) and it will catch my attention, and as long as it do, I am happy and don't think much about the fact that even my PhD is kind of meaningless. When I loose motivation, however, I can sometimes feel a little bit depressed.

...I've wanted to do - " something " ~ but I never could .

I used to when I was younger for some strange reason but as I've got older I realise that I'm probably the most insignificant person I know.

I don't think I was placed on this earth for anything "important." I don't think anybody had a special "role" for me when I was "created."

I just do the best I can with what I got.

I used to when I was younger for some strange reason but as I've got older I realise that I'm probably the most insignificant person I know.

I had a psychology professor who practiced existential therapy and he said that one part of it (I believe I am remembering this correctly) was accepting the meaninglessness of life. That apparently brought peace to a lot of his clients once they got over the initial revelation. I never delved into that type of therapy but some people respond quite well to it apparently.

I know exactly what you mean about staying in tune with your special interests. If I don't have something to focus on I usually fall into a funk.

When I was younger I said that life has no meaning so it doesn't matter how we act to other people because nobody matters and I got into trouble for it. I'm not like that now though.

I hear you. I am starting to feel a bit the same way (about not having the tools to do what I want). Although, I still have this slight glimmer of hope that maybe I can make something happen. I think I need to reassess my skill set and hope that can feed into the interests my mind keeps generating.

From my perspective, the majority of people don’t actually do something that I would classify as being “important”. I am OK being “normal”, in that respect.