I have been on disability all of my life. I was diagnosed on the Autism spectrum as a child. But I am going to school now, starting out part-time and I plan on getting a job as soon as I graduate. I can't work and make enough money to live off of unless I go back to school. I got my GED because high school was so tough that I ended up dropping out, but in the past I was also diagnosed (I think misdiagnosed) as having Bi-polar disorder also. I do not think I have Bi-polar but I do have a lot of anxiety and depression. A lot of the things in my life that cause my depression and anxiety I feel are beyond my control. Like the fact that I am lonely and I feel alone because not a whole lot of people understand me and I want to be in a relationship but they haven't worked out for me and I feel hopeless about this in the 21st century.