u/TwoWeak169

I have been receiving PIP since I was 17, and UC since I was 19 (im 21 now). I get 1400 a month because I have a (hidden) disability - high functioning autism - and while I am studying I was told to forget about employment and rely on the benefits instead. Recently, the guilt has been eating me alive. I have excess income every month but barely any savings. I pay rent and for my own food and clothes of course but I still live at home so I don't have the usual household costs. Does anyone else feel like this? I just feel like I get paid for existing sometimes, and when people ask ''what do you do?'' I just say I am studying but I know they mean what do I do for money, and saying oh I'm claiming benefits makes me uncomfortable because people often can't even tell I am autistic. I just want to know if anyone else feels this way, and how do you deal with it?