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Hi does anyone else here in the spectrum experience strong emotions towards rejection? It’s so hard for me to get over break ups and not fixate on comments which hurt my feelings. How common is this in autism? 

  • in reply to Sam

    Message sent :)

  • in reply to Sam

    Definitely***

  • in reply to Anthony

    Yeah it’s crazy I’ve only confided in one person and she’s certain there’s nothing wrong with me. But I feel as if I’ve masked so much throughout my life that it’s all making sense to me now. Yeah defiantly drop me a message I’m not sure how to use this I’ve opened my messages to everyone but still new to this hopefully I figure it out. It would be nice to talk to someone who actually understands me 

  • in reply to Sam

    Seems like we have quite a lot of similarities Sam :-p I’ve become quite analytical of all the times I’ve screwed up in the past, I’m hoping to try and challenge some of my traits a bit through doing this. Problem is I know I’m weird and I know others will think that too - so the challenge is to find people who accept me for who I am... that’s the toughest bit. As I said before, if it helps you are welcome to drop me a message and we can talk about it some more :) 

  • in reply to Anthony

    Omg same!! When I’m prepared to stop speaking to someone I find it very easy and don’t get upset afterwards. However when someone decides to reject me it bothers me a lot and a lot words repeat in my mind about why they don’t like me. I think this has to do with the fact that I know I am different and always feel alone hence leaving someone and being left are two different things and come with different emotions and feelings.  I didn’t notice this pattern til now wow !! (Thank you guys)

  • Sort of - I have a weir relationship with rejection. I reject people so easily but hate being rejected. I think I just have very set ways and when things fall outside those boundaries it gets tricky.