Simply over being the way I am.

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Been some time since I have posted. Hope you guys are well.
You know I thought it was good to be Aspie (because we have so many strengths.)
You may say, 'Use the strengths you have in the work you do.'
I wish it was as simple as that.
I am having second thought after all these years. I mean being an Aspie has limited my life in so many ways, namely work.
I would rather remain inside my home, I am comfortable being at home.
Being at home does not bring me an income and so I have to go to work, the issue is, I only stay at any job for a few days or weeks.
I am so over this lifestyle to the point of wanting to end it all.

Surely there are from-home types of work?

Working outside of the home isn't comfortable?

Newton probably found inventing calculus uncomfortable; a great deal of stress was experienced by Crick and Watson in discovering DNA; the American founding fathers experienced perpetual threats from the natives.

NOTHING can be achieved in life without discomfort.

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Was Newton, Cricket, Watson and the founding fathers of USA .... Aspies?
If so, I would be interested in chatting with you.

There is the notion that Newton, at least, was an Aspie.

I feel the same way.

I feel like I am failing in so many aspects of my life that I can't even see the strengths of being an Aspie. I constantly make mistakes in relationships, school, and jobs - no matter how hard I try. It feels impossible to succeed. I feel like I cannot break through this barrier. Granted, I was just diagnosed so maybe I haven't had all of the proper supports in place to help me.

In some sense there is a comfort in knowing that I am an Aspie, because I can finally not feel alone in this daily struggle. But the diagnosis makes me sad at the same time. Especially that it wasn't caught earlier in my life and I've had so many awful things happen because of it.

I work with kids with severe autism and intellectual disabilities, so I understand it. But it's weird being on of them.

Very interesting. Where does this research of yours 'the notion' come from?

jessicaleigh514
I am able to see you are very young, yet wisdom is your strength.
I would be most pleased to communicate with you more.
For just now ... I shall sign off.

I've seen the speculation that "Newton is Aspie" in quite a few articles I've read. It's actually almost as common as allegations that Albert Einstein was Aspie.

By the way, that should of course be "Crick" - "Cricket" was a British autocorrect, though I do love the sport.

Newton was almost certainly an Aspie; he never married, hated the company of others, his only ever friend was his dog Diamond, he was a complete asexual and could spend days at a time locked in his room working without either eating or sleeping, such was his focus. I also imagine Franklin had some autistic traits.

But even if they weren't, by telling yourself that your autism justifies your not making an effort to improve yourself, you condemn yourself to mediocrity. Everybody finds some things difficult, regardless of where they are on the spectrum - and everyone's on it to some extent. The difference is, those who persevere succeed in life and those who don't fail, Aspie or not.

George Bernard Shaw

I would love to talk! I’m 25. Idk if you consider that young or not

I understand how you feel. I always want to be at home too and feel anxious going anywhere outside my town even though I want to there's something holding me back. I hate it.

There are at home jobs though if you really can't find anything that suits you out there. Do you get any support finding a suitable workplace or has it not worked anyway? In that case I know that programming is quite a popular job among aspies as you can easily work from your own house, it's pretty interesting too but takes a lot of focus.

Sure, it was SO stressful stealing all that credit from Madam Currie.

I stayed home today even though I love my job. You can't slap a price on physical health.

Let's not call each other names, please.

Maybe that last one there isn't a great example....

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