I’m an 18 year old girl and I’m struggling with finding enjoyment in anything. I’ve had the worst burnout at school this year before dropping out (I’m autistic), then started at my dream uni of four years only to give up because it wasn’t right for me. My mum’s been on my back about getting a job, when I’m terrified to because the last one I had was the worst experience ever, or finding another course to study in so I can get a degree. I’ve let her know that it’s too much pressure, but now I’ve conditioned myself to think that anything I’m doing is a waste of time if it’s not going towards my future.
For context, I’m an artist. I began to study animation but I’ve grown up a traditional artist and my only choice is to enter a tech-run industry. I couldn’t do that, so I’ve given up on my dream course. Ideally I’d love to get into the character design/concept art line of work but there seems to not be any jobs out there to do with that.
But anyway, I’m ranting because my problem right now is that I cannot find any enjoyment at all in anything. Not in drawing, not in talking to my friends (I can barely start a conversation with them anymore because I’m just so tired), and on top of that I’ve started a bunch of conversations with new people because I recently joined a dating app. I forgot that talking to people is exhausting and now I can’t back out of that because of various settings and expectations of the people I’m talking to and such.
I’m stuck in my house with nothing to do and anything to do out of the house doesn’t seem like it would be fun.
I just have no idea what to do and I’m resorting to reddit for advice because I told my parents last night I need an intervention of any sort and nothing has changed. Feel free to ask more questions about my conditions; it’s probably going to sound like I’m bellyaching and want no solution but I’m very hopeless at the moment. As you may be able to tell I don’t have much hope in anything but I’d appreciate any advice you’d have.
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