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Neurodivergent 1d
It’s pissing me off that nobody sees me as mature. I’m 26. I got my degree. Simply haven’t landed a position I got that degree for. No media. Few distant friends. Haven’t moved out. But I still have a zest for life and optimism. That’s all. It kills.
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Anonymous 1d

you’re not the only person that’s a young adult still living with their parents i promise you. nearly 50% of millennials & older gen z still are because housing just isn’t affordable anymore

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Anonymous 1d

Like WOW I’m so happy and slightly jealous everyone somehow has managed their own business or got a degree with a high job demand. Times shifted while I was studying that isn’t my fault. I don’t have money saved to move out by myself or manage to find a roommate. I’m struggling and I know it looks bad when I’m the only person I know in my life who is still at home. Or that maybe i should have and will go military at this point to PROVE a point that my ‘friends’ don’t think I could make it.

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Anonymous 19h

Please read Thich Nhat Hanh's "Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child"

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

example, my small ring of friends mainly live together. When someone moved out. I wasn’t even considered as an option to even bring up that point, and I had no idea someone else was already moving in. It would have been nice, closer to my then job. Finally having a space I felt free-er in. My hook ups don’t think I’m mature bc I live at home and I’m ‘quirky’ but oh well I’ve always been this way, I can’t change it. I removed myself from all spaces to make a point and change. Haven’t returned.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Even my ex. Or exes for that matter. They have their own place, doing jobs that are wayyyy to easy for the money they make that I could do as well. Haven’t gotten hired. What’s MORE mature than education? Not even early education, Middle school and high school is serious work. Nope, I’m just a silly teacher who is a parapro and I ‘play’ all day. I just can’t escape it. Even my family if they could tell me how to breathe they would

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 16h

I will

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