Sly, I don't want to diminish what you are feeling, but I feel like that most of the time.
There are very few peaks on my journey, mostly a lot of hard climbing. So, it sounds terrible, but I live for one or two moments every month or so that restores me temporarily.
I was in a bad place just a few days ago. Long story short, I was going to lose my job unless I completed some bureaucratic paperwork, and it was received by the state before Thursday at 3pm.
I had the paperwork done months ago, but I thoroughly do not understand how the mail operates. I stood in line at the post office for about an hour (which in itself is infuriating), and I was just about to have an Aspie meltdown when the lady behind the counter called me. I decided to make myself vulnerable, and I simply told her "I am Autistic, and I don't understand how mail works, but someone has to have this information before Thursday at 3pm."
I swear this woman was a saint. She did not add an consoling wisdom or some story about her son/grandson/nephew/etc. who is autistic. She very calmly walked me through the process, printed the address, put my documents in a Priority envelope, stamped the envelope, and explained how to track the letter. Then, she charged me the $6 it cost, and told me to have a nice day.
It's very likely that she has no idea what she did, but she saved my life. Losing my job likely would have meant moving back in with my mother and a million other things that at my age I was not willing to do or go through again.
So, I don't have any conclusions, Sly. But, there are moments that lighten the burden of living. I wish there were more of them, and I wish they occurred more frequently and more regularly. But, that's not how it is for me.
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Childhood Diagnosis (1980's): Dyslexia, MDD, OCD
DSM-4 Diagnosis (2007): Asperger's Disorder
DSM-5 Diagnosis (2013): Autism Spectrum Disorder (SC-1, RRB-2)