AuDHD
A place for those that got both Autism and ADHD, those confirmed as one and are suspecting they got the other as well, and also everyone who is neither and just genuinely curious.
Since the combo comes with its own set of challenges, this shall be a place to ask for advice, vent, infodump about special interests and/or just vibe and meme.
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OP, this is a legit answer. And I am only replying because I've given a similar answer to some and they brush it off as me being dismissive.
But I don't mean to be.
Purpose is generally how you define it, there is no "boss" dictating what your purpose is and then you have to find it. You need to make it...if that makes sense.
It does take work, but finding the people you enjoy being around, the hobbies you like to pursue, the games you like to play, the "work" you can pour yourself into and feel accomplished - that's what life is about.
It took me until 30, but I woke up one day and decided I was going to stop trying to please people every second of every day. Stop bottling my own wants up to save face. My friend group shifted drastically. My dating life became a discovery of who I am and what I want. My, now, wife can tell you stories of my stubborness early on because I was not going to change myself for anything or anyone.
I am much more laid back nowadays, I am more confident, more happy. But I had to go through all of that and more to get there and it was soooo freeing.
As soon as I accepted that I don't have a purpose and that I don't need to answer to others definition of purpose or success - I discovered and paved my purpose and success. It sounds weird maybe but it's...awesome.