Hello 19 year old with autism and depression here. Im on pills given by a doctor, ive tried therapy, dnd even. I just feel depressed and im not sure why possibly hormones or maybe that fact that i haven’t accomplished anything in my life or even done anything, also im broke to say. Everyone tells me to workout but i dont feel motivated to even do that plus its super hot outside and i cant afford a gym, maybe im making excuses…

I just feel lost on where i should be right now in life and im clueless on what the next steps are.

  • @remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
    8•3 days ago

    Yeah, I wasn’t doing shit at 19 but spending all day at a coffee shop, learning how to make fake IDs and playing pool at night.

    I still drink coffee, work in IT Security and play a sick game of pool +25 years later. So by some measures, I haven’t accomplished much of anything either. (I jest. I have had a very interesting life, but it hadn’t even started yet when I was 19.)

    • Max-PEnglish
      0•3 days ago

      It’s crazy how often “I’m only good at worthless/bad things” somehow turns into a career, even really niche careers.

      Early gamers were told they’d rot their brain and never accomplish anything and then justin.tv spins off Twitch, blows up and people make thousands. Some ended up driving remote vehicules for a living because of the crazy precision they developed operating controllers and sticks.

      So many YouTubers started off doing dumb shit in their garage and becoming self taught scientists/software developers/repairmans/historians.

      Heck, 4chan managed to accidentally solve a math theorem.

      You just don’t know until after the fact, once you see the impact over time. And sometimes, it just takes time for you to get to the point where you do the thing that changes everything.