Heartbreaking 😢

1. APAlex Partridge0:00

   The feeling of being a burden, God, that's a big one that I think a lot of autistic people will probably relate to. I think in, i- it's even in some NHS documentation, did you know? Not in a good way, not in like, "Oh, you know, the, the patient may feel a burden." Actually written in some paperwork about how autistic people are a burden. Their being a burden will impact their family, et cetera, et cetera. Awful, horrible stuff, and I think we feel that very deeply. We feel broken. I have a genuine feeling, and I think a lot of autistic ADHD people do, that I don't bring anything good to anyone's life, that all I ever bring is more stress-

2. SPSpeaker0:33

   Mm

3. APAlex Partridge0:33

   ... you know, to friends and family, that, you know, it doesn't matter how nice I try to be or how helpful I try to be, that ultimately the net gain is purely negative.

4. SPSpeaker0:42

   Mm.

5. APAlex Partridge0:43

   You know, I bring people down, I make people stressed, I make people tired, you know, people get fed up with me. You know, a- and I'm not saying that to be kinda self-pitying, might be a little bit, but mostly because I, I think that I'm probably not alone in that. I think that many neurodivergent people will feel that we are just bothersome

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