At age 26, my son is taking the reverse approach to life that I did. He is doing the hard psychological work now before entering the domain of the autopilot life that my generation espoused.
His high functioning autism requires it.
From my vantage point his is a huge advantage because I had to put off doing the deep introspection for years through the adopting of a model I took for granted as workable for anyone. The heavy lifting he does now will help him avoid an avalanche of work later in life.
Psychology is everything.
I tell him this everyday and he understands but cannot commiserate viscerally.
However one day he will and will be glad. Except that I will probably no longer be here.
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