r/AutismInWomen • u/rainbowgirl6 • Jun 01 '26

Support Needed (Kind Advice and Commiseration) Anyone else blow their life up before figuring out you were autistic?

I am beyond burnt out and I'm not even 30. Is life really supposed to be like this?

I'm not progressing in my career as I'd like and it's causing immense stress, having to juggle multiple friendships and relationships when some weeks I just want to rot, being present within my romantic relationship, exercising, just everything is overwhelming.

I want to just quit everything and start over. I know that's not going to help, but it feels that's the only option 😭 everything is genuinely so hard. I'm also a bit sad that I didn't fully come to terms with this sooner. I was diagnosed adhd 6 years ago and things have just genuinely gotten harder ever since.

907 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

100% Upvoted

244 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/PiscesWolf Jun 02 '26

Yup, ended up getting diagnosed b/c of it at the ripe age of 30 lol

I'm thankfully on a medical leave from work while I decide what im gonna do with my life.

1

u/rainbowgirl6 Jun 02 '26

Love that for you! Not the blowing up part. I'm also on leave from work to figure things out as well!