I feel that my life will go nowhere and that I am just burden to other people around me
First of all, with this post I am not looking for people who write replies saying things like "there are more things to life" etc. My intention for this post of mine is serious conversation. I feel that my life will go nowhere. Along this I also feel that I am a burden to other people around me. Why is this, I'll explain.
23 (M), diagnosed with autism. When I was a kid, I was super kind to other kids for no reason that made me to become a target for bullying. When other kids were learning to use and trick other kids, I was acting like a loyal servant to every kid. I remember that there was a kid who was scared to be at school, who I always tried to calmed while other normal kids didn't even care about him. This trait of mine continued later in my life, where I always became the target for bullying and a loyal servant to any kid (easy to be used).
Growing up, I tried to be a super-clean teenager. While other teenagers were learning about teenage stuff, I distanced myself from those stuff believing that those stuff are impure. I was then missed behind in adulting life.
This continued in other sectors of my social life where other teenagers were finding their friend groups but I stayed the odd one out, who was constantly craving for attention.
In the end of my teenagehood, I graduated with a vocational degree from finance, but with no good. I had no working experience nor did I ever do a course. I still even don't have my driving licence. (Note I don't live in the USA and I'm not American)
And the reason I cannot do a course or get a driving licence is because of my family's financial problems where we were once a very rich family from the Middle Eastern country that is like (I-ran) but after all the mess occured we became miserable but living in a very good country that unfortunately has high costs of living with expensive and challenging driving lessons and exams (both theory and practical). Courses here are also up to 1.000 euros for the field of finance.
Now these were the good parts. The main parts that I feel that my life will not go anywhere is: I am so weak. I cannot tolerate failures. I cannot neither tolerate the moment of failure nor the grief after it. It is very burdening for me. And this part adds more weight on why I feel my life will not go anywhere.
I am reaching out to this subreddit to hear out serious advices, tips, and experiences of other people, except the people who I mentioned above.
Posted Nov 1, 2025, 7:54 PM UTC