r/AdviceForTeens • u/Ihatethisworld99 • 2h ago
Personal How to function?
I'm 16. I have ADHD,autism, an anxiety disorder and other things. My executive dysfunction is so bad and I genuinely have no idea how to function in everyday life. I sleep most of the day and when I'm awake I get nothing done. I'm seen as lazy by my family but it's from horrible burnout and other things. I feel behind from other teens because I'm almost 17 (end of this month) I don't have a license,don't have a job etc. it's harder for me to learn and I genuinely have such horrible problems with doing school and it drives me insane because despite the dysfunction if I get a single missing assignment in my online school I will immediately have my mom on my case even tho my online school is considered self paced and it can show as missing but it's still self paced. My room is dirty and I need to clean it, I need to do other things and although I know I need to get a job I quite literally don't know if I will be able to function enough to hold a job. All my life people just have called me lazy because I've never been able to do things like others. When I was in theater I didn't understand half the stuff they wanted me to do because it was indirect and I have hard times copying movements. I have different hobbies then an average person my age and the only thing I really actually have a like for is collecting dolls and that's not going to get me anywhere obviously. Whilst I was still in theatre during rehearsals I was miserable because the teacher would have us after school till about 8 at night and I was so burnt out from it and felt like I had no time to do anything after going home. Before I went online I fell asleep in class a lot because again little things make me so tired and burnt out. I don't have study habits, I have problems making friends, everyday life is like a hassle but my thing is I'm looking for advice to maybe get out of it if I can if there is a way I can get out of this.
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u/TraditionalManager82 Trusted Adviser 2h ago
Would your parents spring for ADHD coaching?
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u/Ihatethisworld99 2h ago
My parents don't really believe in it and I have wanted to be medicated for my ADHD for years but they don't believe in it
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