RE: The Puzzle of Me: My Life with ADHD, Autism, and a Search for Meaning
To be fair everyone has a form of autism today there are more shades than people. Making friends is hard because no one has the skill to do so let alone the energy to invest in friendship. A friend is what we see on Facebook or some followers. You can make them you lower your standard and delete the discription of what a friend should look like. Within my family we talk a lot about this topic but in the end we see NOOO it is not what I want for me so we stay solo in our room, do what we like most and shut the world out just like millions of people.
I never felt there was something wrong with me or with my children. I told them there's nothing wrong with being different and it's better than being a brainless sheep in the cattle. With brains it's not what you want, at least we don't.
We were all always called too stupid to learn (hear who says) tests turn the opposite. Once a principal came to my house and said she pitied me with those children... (clearly no idea who she was talking to); those children she wanted in her new to-start class for kids with high IQ. I asked who would instruct them and after hearing the name of the teacher I said: no thank you and shoved her outside.
If life is hard, distract yourself, take a nap, and take the day step by step. There's no need to walk in others' paces or see the world through their eyes. Take the time to adapt and digest there's a lot of noise to cope with. There's nothing wrong with you, indeed the weirdos are the others.
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Deep story, I’m impressed with your positivity. Best of Luck for your job search.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts i totally agree. I believe we're sort of the next step in evolution. ADHD i call often my super power since i can work on 4 screens parallel while my colleagues sometimes struggle with half a screen. Being different is nothing bad the contrary. The biggest struggles i face in job search are hiring managers that realize that i might take away their job if they'd hire me. dunno its just a feeling i can't really say for sure but i encountered it more than one time during interviews when they throw questions at you and you nail them all down with accuracy and you see the guy is struggling in front of his team. I month later i'm being declined as "overly qualified", not having enough "managerial experience" or whatever.
That feeling can be right we experience the same. They rather go for an idiot they can mould. You are not allowed to question and they are not used to someone saying "that's not of your business".
We hear the same: not enthusiastic, too enthousiadtic, overly wuslified you will be bored, and and and.. But there are a few who will be happy to have you. We all go for the solo jobs and work at night.