ASD and Employment

[GoneFromRevolution]

Every job posting I can find requires unbearable sensational strain, terrifying social interactions, or usually both. Doing such a thing consistently would motivate me just to end it all. I feel like a mooch living with my parents though. Anyone else in a similar boat?

 

[LittleMagician]

Every job posting I can find requires unbearable sensational strain, terrifying social interactions, or usually both. Doing such a thing consistently would motivate me just to end it all. I feel like a mooch living with my parents though. Anyone else in a similar boat?

Yup! This is my life I mean I'm still young so it gives me time I guess but idk how I am going to navigate the work field in my 20s

 

[Cinnamorolls]

Studies show close to 80% of autistic people can't hold down jobs so it is very common. I don't have a choice because I have no family that I could lean on as an alternative, so I continue working no matter how hellish it gets, because being homeless would obviously be worse. I do actually enjoy the work aspect of my job to some degree, but hate the social bs involved outside of the actual job duties (expectations to eat lunch together, go to staff parties, collaborate instead of figuring things out independently etc) and how I'm ostracized for not participating in those.

 

[other-ghost]

I've been there too. Masking often feels like the only way to survive in these spaces, and yeah it's unbearable, ngl. I've overheard coworkers talk about how 'awkward' I am, or why I don't 'just chat' like everyone else. It stings, but whatever..

 

[Dark Moon]

Every job posting I can find requires unbearable sensational strain, terrifying social interactions, or usually both. Doing such a thing consistently would motivate me just to end it all. I feel like a mooch living with my parents though. Anyone else in a similar boat?

I'm in a similar situation, when I'm looking for jobs they require things like "excellent communication skills" "team player" and a whole host of other requirements and it just turns me right off. I have some family left but I also feel like a leech in a way, the autism unemployment rate was still high the last time I checked. I'll probably do terribly socially in a work environment also.

 

[BrokenMindAndBody]

I'm in a similar situation, when I'm looking for jobs they require things like "excellent communication skills" "team player" and a whole host of other requirements and it just turns me right off. I have some family left but I also feel like a leech in a way, the autism unemployment rate was still high the last time I checked. I'll probably do terribly socially in a work environment also.

I've had some luck as a dishwasher because a lot of the times you're more isolated than the rest of the kitchen staff. Right now I'm going to school mostly online for IT/computer science. I only have a few lectures that are an hour at the actual college. My goal is to get some sort of totally online job. I hate interacting with normies and dealing with their bullshit drama they always try to pull me into. I was diagnosed with asperger's syndrome when I was a kid. I am good at dissociating. Better than when I was a kid. I can mentally block out a lot of stuff. But, still. Being sensitive to all the sights, sounds, and sensations takes a toll. Masking takes a lot of energy. Some days I'm just not in the fucking mood for it. Normies don't get it, though.