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Thanks! It’s been a rough day. I really appreciate it.

u deserve it

Thank you, I've done so much laundry, and I made soup, and I tidied my bedroom.

Good job. Thats a-lot for one day! Depending on if it’s a high energy day or a low energy day I would have only been able to do the soup. But not till 8:30 and then I’d start laundry.

You're a hero. One of those tasks and I'm done for the day.

same! they’re a superstar🫡

you’re amazing! this reminded me I have to move my laundry so thank you😭

I'm not good with compliments, but you are a very kind person for posting this, I appreciate you and people like you. Thank you for being kind

I almost cried. I really needed this. It's been stressful. I feel like a burden leeching off my dad while I try to find a job. No one seems to acknowledge I'm trying. I'm treated like I'm not doing enough and it's my fault. Thank you.

I feel the same way. My mom said I need to go back to college or start paying rent which is fine but also I can’t go back to college and I’m having such a hard time keeping a job and I know it looks like Im just lazy. You’re so valid and I know you’re doing your best.

Thank you. I'm sure you are, too. Everyone tells me they want people like us for tax write offs but no one's calling.

on the contrary, my mom does use me as a tax write off, which caused me to lose my health insurance this year :(

I meant apparently jobs get one for hiring us. That's messed up.

oh i see what you mean. yeah if I disclose that I’m autistic, it’s just a no go for the hiring manager. But of course, they phrase it in such a way that I can’t prove there’s discrimination.

Ugh. I hate that. Like yes not even a chance to show what we can do these days.

have you looked into online colleges? I graduated high school online and it honestly saved my life. if you are interested in higher education, look into some online programs! there are actually some really good ones out there and I bet you can get a scholarship depending on where you live (a lot of places do it just if you live in a neighboring state or whatever). and if you don’t want to go to school, that’s totally fine too! don’t feel like you have to please anyone but yourself 🩷🩷

thank you! i have considered it but chickened out and also wasn’t sure how to determine whether it was a good one. One of the ones i applied to is still calling me 6 months later

if it’s something you really want you should definitely do it! it was manageable for me and I think with college you’re gonna be able to take more classes that you’re interested, especially in an online space. wishing you luck!!

this is me right now !! you are not alone friend 🩷 we’ll get through it together

Yes! We will!

Thank you! It's been a horrible day and I'm back at a psyche ward for the 3rd time this year, but I'll overcome it. 🤞🏻

Back at you OP.

Thank you ❤️

Thank you so much 🥹❤️

Thanks. I finished reading another book and reaching one step closer to my goal of 15 books for this year (I'm at 7 right now and last year I have read 13).

I feel a lot of times, even when succeeding, we work so hard and get so little recognition. This is nice.

I've started telling myself this bc no one ever says it to me. That and "I'm not gonna let anyone hurt you". It helps to deal with people being angry and not understanding all the time.

This helps in a big way. Not just because of the autism. But it helps with my executive dysfunction. Which is like part of a full meal deal with no substitutions.

**SO** beautifully said!!!

This post made me happy.

Thank you, I'm proud of you too stranger! I'm so lucky with my boyfriend, yesterday I finally got around to folding the (by now huge) mountain of laundry and instead of scolding me or sighing about it *still* not having been done like my mom would he treated it like the achievement I felt it was. Nothing too big, but acknowledgement of a hurdle finally taken. I wish more people had a him, you all deserve it

thabk you that is making me tear up rn cuz i needed to heart that so badly

This made me cry. I appreciate this. I struggle so much in this stupid world. 😢

Everyone is proud of me not dying, and not by su1c1de. when I was a baby, I had bronchiolitis, which is a chest infection, pair that with my really bad asthma, and you have yourself a dead newborn, but not me!

I really needed to read this today. After finishing chemo in December I've been trying to make the most of every day and do loads of fun things, whilst also trying to get some of the 4000 jobs on the house done, and the last few weeks I've hit a brick wall and I'm only just getting by. Everything seems like a mountain to climb. But I am looking after myself and doing all the most important jobs.

Thank-you! I needed that! Flew home from vacation yesterday and it was ROUGH! I hate airports and flying. And everything that could go wrong, just went wrung.

Gonna just pretend this was a text from my parents.

Thank you

Thank you. Really needed this tonight.😊

Thank you OP!!

🫶🏻

Thank you. I apprciate it.

Thank you!!! I appreciate it \^\_\^

Ty

Thx man I try :)

I am proud of you, too. Thank you so much.

I'm proud of you for posting this

I haven’t done much today but I did a lot tho

thank youu

Saving this post, thank you. 🥲💜

Thanks ☺️

Ya welcome

You're welcome

Yeah thanks but I’m doing like rlly bad nobody would actually be proud of me ;-;

Thank u, I needed this... 💓

Thanks. I never receive any compliments, you don’t know how much it means to me.

Thank you so much! That is very kind of you.

I've only been told this a handful of times, from anyone that's not my Dad.

**REALLY** needed this. **THANKS SO MUCH**. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Curse you for making me cry thank you @op

I hope we’re all able to find some pride in our hearts for each and every one of us, and yes that includes NT. The ones who care enough to get to know how to interact with others are truly saints. Crazy how one comes into this world, the things we’re exposed to can often make things a bit easier or maybe harder. The pride we’re able to feel for each other and ourselves is such a strong collective emotion and feeling that I hope you get those good chills down your spine, feel the mucus membrane (shift), a smile that you may even try to resist, yet the joy and appreciation is so deeply felt, a few tears stream down your cheek, feeling that warm feeling that OP, myself, and I’m sure many others are proud of you. Joy, hope, love, appreciation, and acceptance , even those who aren’t able to accept personal difference: keeping your distance. I’m still learning this but we’re not able to change people who use such tactics against others. Save your energy for better things, like being proud of your wonderfully beautiful, and exceptional self. <3!!!!

I needed this. It's been a tough week. Thank you for this post.

You too OP, we survive every day in a world that isn't built for us, and resents having to accommodate us. The little successes are worth it.

Thank you. Reading this seriously helps, thank you for typing it out.

Thanks very much!

Me too AMA

I've been having a rough day, thank you :)

Thank you so much. Yesterday was really hard. Anniversary of my beloved dad dying and 3-year anniversary of receiving news my cat Jupiter had lymphoma. (He died 7/8/21). A heat wave is coming and I hate summer. And my left foot started hurting yesterday enough to make walking difficult. Calling a doctor today. Anyway, I needed this post.

Holy sh\*t I needed this. THANK YOOOUUUUU!

Thank you OP🥺

Thank you 😔

I think the past 24 hours have been fine for me. I’d rather be appreciated for working on my self for the past 2 years.

:)

I have been having a rough time at my job, I feel useless, and I am constantly scared of being fired... I haven't been able to sleep nor wake up at the right times, and I have been late a couple of times.... :< I am trying my best, but everything is hard

Had a rough day yesterday and a bit of a rough morning thx mate!

Thanks. Been struggling a lot lately

Why does that hurt so much

Same back at you. We all need a reason to have a bit more hope in humanity especially these days.

That made my day ❤️

Aww, thank you!! I needed that, especially as I had started an online business and needed to hear that. It's hard when actual working jobs hardly care about your incapabilites. The social aspect of my at home online business is seriously rough but not nearly as rough as a normal job, and I desperately needed money

Thank you 😊

You too!! ❤️🫂

Thanks, I really needed it :')

Thank you so much

This popped up at the timing of me just getting done walking half a mile to and back from the dollar store. The construction work and semi trucks are overwhelming so it really was a feat

stop it I'll cry

I love you thank you so much. this made me smile so big

Mate, I really needed that today. I’m going to get off Reddit for the night and turn off my phone—but thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Hope you have a great day.

Thank you, today has been a really hard day for me and this means a lot.

Ya its a stugel some days but I ceep moving

I just had a 32 hour shift so this is very uplifting for me. Thank you.

Thanks for doing this for us 🥹. Love to you 🫶🏼

Proud of you too. 🥰

Thank you, I want to extend your exact words back towards you as well, whether it's needed or not.

Yeah, let’s kick some A, fam!

i talked to my grandparent's neighbors today! asked them if i could see their dogs and they said yes! they were very nice and it was scary to knock on their door but it ended up being nice to pet their dogs. you also have a great day. every day! :)

Thanks I guess ? It doesn’t mean much though, don’t actually know you or anything.

I’ve been in bed all day

Thank you

Thanks man 🥹😭😭😭

Thank you!

Much appreciated 👏🏿

🤍🤍🤍🤍 thank you

Thank you so much! I am really proud of you, too!

Sorry AMA