Daniel Jarratt

[transhumandan]

Where to begin? I laughed so hard today by jaw ached and this is a good feeling, something that's becoming increasingly rare. I'll turn twenty two months from now (two months & a bit anyway) and I don't have a job, I live at home and all I've achieved through my own efforts is learning how to roll cigarettes, getting on the dole (then off it),

Comments

[siobhang_x]

Firstly, this was more interesting to read than your previous post.

Secondly, you will always feel like that if you focus on what you don't have. If you sit around at home thinking "I have no job/friends/girlfriend", then you won't. You have to be assertive about it. I know you don't feel comfortable with people and that's not really anything you can solve easily, but it can be dealt with. I imagine Asperger's is much like dyslexia, in which half the sufferers understand that they aren't retarded but simply have to work harder at something, and the other half say "oh well I have XYZ, therefore I can't/won't/needn't do it". We both know people like that and it's no excuse. It will never be easy for you, but it doesn't have to be as hard as it is

[xanthyr]

It's probably not particularly helpful, but I know what a majority of what you're going through feels like

[transhumandan]

Thanks for the comments. It's astounding how Siobhan knows pretty much precisely what to say in response to these whinge-fest posts but I'm quite thankful you have that ability.

Thanks for trying Dan, misery shared is misery halved after all.