Are things getting worse ??

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I love my family with all my heart and am fortunate to have a good sizable and respectable family and yet just the other day i was at a family gathering of about 10 and i found it too hard to cope with so i stayed in another room mostly on my own.

And i am really desperate to get the hell out of my job. OK so i am earning good money and i have good conditions yet i feel shear dread every time i start work because i don't know whats going to happen or what people i am going to come into contact with.

Back along i was thinking that having a job where i am in constant contact with the public would help get me used to people and interaction, i thought, would become easier.

But its only getting worse. And i am stuck in a personal rut that i can not get out of. Much of it has nothing to do with my Aspergers but its nearly impossible to explain it to anyone i know so its only on here that i can actually get off my chest what i am trying to say.

Its just pure frustration when you are trying to tell someone that you find it very hard to do the job that you have done for the last four years and even harder when that person doesn't want to understand your social difficulty's and that the job in question is a business owned by her own father ! !

I don't want to bore everyone with a rant but there is nowhere else where i can make myself heard.....

Alex(uk)

I feel for you Alex. I too am finding it hard in society to interact at work. I recently handed in my notice because I couldn't stand the environment but I am tenderly looking for all types of jobs, it's difficult out there. I stayed in the same place for 6 years, didn't always like it and had no promotional opportunities but I survived and if it weren't for the company converging I would still be there now because 'I knew what to expect', that's the important thing. I felt harboured by friendly people, luckily I haven't suffered a bad work environment, i'm waiting to experience that

Changing work environments/'finding a new job' like the everyday person says like it's water off a ducks back - for us - for autistic people is/can be a frightening thing to encounter.

Good luck