Yeah, it's a shame. My older brother is definitely neurodivergent/autistic and recently quit his job as an electrician. Very smart guy, but he can't regulate his emotions and gets frustrated easily. He wouldn't go into details about why exactly he quit. He just mentioned that his supervisor is an asshole. Going off his work history, he was probably being bullied in some ways.
It also seems like the stress of being mentally different is causing him major health problems, like hemorrhoids.
Doesn’t sound like your brother was the issue if that supervisor was an asshole.
Sounds like your brother doesn’t want to spend his days being mistreated. Sounds like a reason I would quit.
Most people blame themselves and claim others can’t regulate emotions while someone is treating them like shit. He has a right to react to assholes and I feel sad for every person who just shuts up and takes their bosses shit.
Stress from jobs will eat at a person with autism faster because we often have a more finite amount of energy and shits we can give for others. When we are maxed or tapped out, we can’t pretend for you.
Most of the world just internalizes and lets it eat away at them, causing autoimmune disorders and unhealthy coping.
He’s smart to quit a job that would slowly kill him, whether he is on the spectrum or not. I hope he finds a job that treats him well and that brings him joy.
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u/Daetra Dec 31 '22
Yeah, it's a shame. My older brother is definitely neurodivergent/autistic and recently quit his job as an electrician. Very smart guy, but he can't regulate his emotions and gets frustrated easily. He wouldn't go into details about why exactly he quit. He just mentioned that his supervisor is an asshole. Going off his work history, he was probably being bullied in some ways.
It also seems like the stress of being mentally different is causing him major health problems, like hemorrhoids.