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DitsyDiabetic

519d

Being autistic and having a ‘normal’ job sucks. Everyone expects you to act NT, which requires some serious masking. And at the end of the day, I’m drained from all that effort. And that’s from just trying to act normal, to say nothing of the responsibilities of the job as well. Every day I go home feeling dead. Anybody else?

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    • Phoinyxisnotonfire

      518d

      I feel the same way. I work in a kitchen and I get overstimulated so easily but I have to mask it otherwise I feel like I'm looked at weird.

    • Phoinyxisnotonfire

      518d

      I feel the same way. I work in a kitchen and I get overstimulated so easily but I have to mask it otherwise I feel like I'm looked at weird.

    • Davem

      518d

      I fully agree. I work from home for a call center, and have to mask all the time, and then when the patient yells at me, that brings up the anxiety. I am so worn out by the end of shift.

      • DitsyDiabetic

        518d

        @Davem i work at a particularly busy AutoZone…. It sucks….

    • sleepyhippo

      519d

      Honestly that's how I felt when I had a job before my autism diagnosis. I quit when it got to be more than I could handle. I've been unemployed 3 years, finally got my autism diagnosis a few months ago, and now looking for a job. But that's what terrifies me most is that I'll get what appears to be a good fit and end up feeling drained and practically dead at the end of the day.

      • DitsyDiabetic

        518d

        @sleepyhippo yeah i don’t even consider my job a good fit, but i have no choice but to work. Unemployment isn’t an option 😭😭😭😭

      • Stitchlover23

        519d

        @sleepyhippo feel ya but you got this

    • Stitchlover23

      519d

      I feel you because I am autistic and I feel drained from everything in my life. It's so hard

      • DitsyDiabetic

        519d

        @Stitchlover23 i find fidget toys help at work. Any other tips?

        • Stitchlover23

          519d

          @DitsyDiabetic it helps. I have been dealing with this my entire life it sucks

        • Stitchlover23

          519d

          @DitsyDiabetic we'll also try rubber bands on your wrist and when you get drained make sure you drink lots of water and don't have a lot of sweets because sometimes that can make it worse

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