anyone else given up on relationships --- permanently?

haven't had one in almost a couple decades, and don't foresee one anytime soon, if ever. it's just too hard being around someone, i need to do things my way, i hate cleaning things (except washing the dishes, i love to cook, although it's often the same exact thing), i don't[ bother screwing in light bulbs that burn out (i use solar lights i carry around and prop up, for crying out loud), and my house is so messy and revolting that i can't have anyone in...  i seem to have my own slug-like rhythm, which i don't want others intruding on. in short, i am impossible to be around, and i find others impossible to tolerate, and probably will lash out at them sooner rather than later.

i am very private, very into myself, and don't let others into my world. having another person around, on an intimate or even semi-intimate basis, would just feel like an intrusion. i'd be like a cat on ice. literally. just super uncomfortable and exposed. i can't stand that. it feels like part of my aspergers - this need to be private. there's the social person (try to act normal) and the private person (secret and hidden under wraps). with 'close' friends, i generally am around them only for a couple hours at a time. that's it, without exception.

i feel some in the asd community are very very isolated, while most seem to be fairly or very social. i guess i'm asking the totally isolated ones for their input. 

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  • In bed last night I was thinking that there's a big difference between giving up, and not yearning fo a relationship. I think I still yearn for one even when I have little hope. And I think I do have different neurotic behaviours that cover up the gaps of not aving a relationship.

  • i still yearn, but it seems like fantasy land. i somehow seem MUCH more asd than when i was younger. i think i could just tolerate being bludgeoned when young, but now, i have to avoid the punches and blows. that necessity makes me very hard to live with - no, impossible to live with.....  i spend most of my time just trying to manage myself.

  • Not sure if i yearn but i do dream of encounters with women when i'm asleep all the time , although that could just be the primal urge to procreate i guess.

    Learning how to treat myself with more respect and kindness is my main focus now.

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