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just tell me it'll be okay (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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After graduating High School I feel emptiness and loneliness. There's more stuff to it but I want to keep them to myself. Just tell me it'll be okay. That's all. Thank you

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

FWIW I’m almost 50… basically pre Asperger’s, etc. I was diagnosed a few years ago. Like a lot of guys my age, the people I’ve been drawn to as an adult, personally and professionally, have something going on. I stuck to my interests, had decent enough instincts about career options, and worked with people I gelled with. Consequently I’m relatively successful as a developer. Am I Ok? I deal with the same stuff as the rest of us… social burnout, masking, struggling to get chores done, guilt, yadda yadda. Most neurotypicals have their own shit going on, too. You can get to a point where you forgive yourself for being different. You have your own strengths and weaknesses. That’s it.