How many friends do you need? ALSO - Do you need regular breaks when seeing people

I have one close friend.  I find it hard to have more than this.  I loose contact with people  easily and tend not to stay in contact with people.  Does anyone also experience this? 

Also - Whenever I am at something social I often need to have  break from everyone every half hour or so for 5 -1 0 mins at least.  Anyone experience this? 

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  • I have my sister, cousin, and 6 friends from my whole 40 years who I love and trust. I see my sister most often, mainly video calls every couple of weeks. I see my other friends very infrequently. One I haven’t seen for about 5 years but I love her dearly. I also have my partner who I live with- he is very easy to be around. 
    I love my friends and will do what I can to support them. But I can’t manage to talk to people or see them very often. It’s just too exhausting. I like to text with them. We can tell each other anything. And we’re all realising one by one in the past year or so that we’re all neurodivergent… 

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  • I have my sister, cousin, and 6 friends from my whole 40 years who I love and trust. I see my sister most often, mainly video calls every couple of weeks. I see my other friends very infrequently. One I haven’t seen for about 5 years but I love her dearly. I also have my partner who I live with- he is very easy to be around. 
    I love my friends and will do what I can to support them. But I can’t manage to talk to people or see them very often. It’s just too exhausting. I like to text with them. We can tell each other anything. And we’re all realising one by one in the past year or so that we’re all neurodivergent… 

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