As an AuDHD person, the college dropout story is relatable to me, except for the YouTube career success. I grew up in a madhouse during my traumatic childhood, and going to college free from my backwards, overprotective, overly strict parents was essentially like falling off a cliff. I was already burnt out during my last year of high school, and I was too excited with the freedom and ended up wasting time playing video games and skipping classes regularly because I had little energy to function as an adult. I still struggle with burnout to this day due to being an overworked IT contractor for years.
I got to the point where I slept in through all my alarms so hard that I’d wake up at 7:00 PM, run down to a class building that never properly locked, and bought a slim jim and some chips from the vending machine inside because that was the only food I had access to. I’d run back and play modded Rome: Total War until I fell asleep in the early morning for another 12 hours