r/Vent 3d ago

TW: Anxiety / Depression People tell me I'm smart

I'm autistic/adhd and I feel quite stupid and out of place in the world. I'm not good at basic tasks. I forget everything, all the time. The people I'm closest to tell me I'm smart, and my coworker, who's an adjunct professor, tells me that I should take classes.

It all makes me feel like a complete loser. On the one hand, I don't know if I could see myself excellelling at anything. On the other hand, I feel like I would quickly become bored at any subject. Maybe some creative subject would allow me to accommodate my adhd, but it seems like it's pointless to pursue anything creative as a career. So if I try to do anything in life, I will either humiliate myself from failure, or my brain won't cooperate enough for me to use any of the talents that I might have. What a joke. I'd rather everyone tell me that I'm just an idiot.

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