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I am sure you are not alone. As an older person I would suggest that you look into one of the trades if you are inclined (electrician, plumber, surveyor, machinist etal, auto mechanics ---do a search) It can take longer to make good money but these are all needed skills that pre-exist the technology and will be needed for a long time to come. I had 16 different jobs before I was 25----I'm retired now. I wasn't diagnosed with ptsd till my 30's and in hindsight I do not know how I got through my 20s. Meet up group activities (hiking groups etal) can be helpful because it is casual and you don't have to maintain significant relationships.
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What of those who don't fit? Many of us don't, and it's like we're tossed the leftovers from their tables. Like we're fed the scraps of their success in a empty, token gesture of appeasement. I am tired of being told that I should feel happy with my situation. Happy? Barely making enough to support myself? Treated like I'm somehow subhuman?


I feel inadequate because modern society deems that I am. How can I keep up? How can I stay competitive? Or will be a single, renting, old man, who drops dead at 80 while on the clock? What hope is there? These are legitimate questions that I ask myself. I want to get married. I want to own a home. I want to save for retirement. I want stability and consistency. But no matter how hard I work, I'm always too far behind.[/QUOTE]