u/Mossibearr

Hey, so I have never been diagnosed until last week. Im 23m. I have gone through school learning what basic math equasions equal by heart, because reciting stuff by heart REALLY quickly was my special talent, as i am also autistic. Equasions into which i just had to set my variables were also easy. So in elementary school i never had issues with maths, it only got worse when i was closer to graduating, as then, you had to locically decipher maths things or whatever it is normal people can do. But with some tweaks and more focus on language oriented subjects, i got through school unnoticed and undiagnosed, with actually pretty good grades.

Only now did i realize shit, like that i couldn't work my retail job without the calculator at the register, and that i don't think logically at all. Like I can NOT understand most things my mother talks about when she comes home from her job at the bank.

And it took me a LOT of time to understand what, like, interest means when i played Balatro.

And when I think about some earlier stuff in hindsight, it does make sense that e.g. i could never play the flute as easily as the other kids could (we had a flute choir lol).

Now, i just watched a Youtube video on financial illiteracy and i have become afraid that once i am on my way to make my first big investment, like e.g. buying a car, i will get totally scammed, because i just don't have the logical thinking that is needed to understand these contracts with interest and stuff like that. No, i havent made poor finacial decisions yet, and i still live in a student dorm at a european university, so no student debt or anything. (Also its pretty normal here to not have a car at 23 so dont come after me, americans).

So- to ease my fear of the future, I wanted to know what kind of strategies you guys use to deal with all things investment? Will I need to consult a professional each time i want to make a bigger financial decision? And what about tax n shit? As a student i dont pay income taxes just yet so i am scared and just wanna make sure that people like us can make it in life, financially.