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Loneliness being autistic at uni

SummerBerries

Sometimes it just really hits me how lonely it is being autistic. I'm going into my second year of uni with no friends. As well as the loneliness I feel like I'm missing out on that "uni culture". I know it's partly my fault because I commute, but I just feel so distant constantly in my whole life and now it's hitting me that I'm not gonna make any friends at uni either. I just feel so isolated. I just want some friends but it seems impossible when people have already established friend groups in first year and I always struggle to actually connect and feel accepted by people. I'm just ranting really because I feel upset that I don't think I'll ever have a proper friend group

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  • I’ve lived at and commuted to uni for two different degrees and I definitely prefer commuting. When I lived there I was always felt like a hanger on in halls, like they thought it would be rude to go out without inviting me. But once the time came to find housing I was the one that didn’t naturally group off and had real trouble finding an empty room for the second year. It was all a nightmare. Commuting I can go to and from my own home and focus on my studies, I’m also much more likely not to skip lecturers if I travel a distance rather than having to roll out of bed around the corner from the lecture for some reason! If the commute isn’t too far maybe you could join a society in something that interests you to find like minded people? Do you know of anyone else on your current course who is also interested in moving on to the same doctorate?

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  • I’ve lived at and commuted to uni for two different degrees and I definitely prefer commuting. When I lived there I was always felt like a hanger on in halls, like they thought it would be rude to go out without inviting me. But once the time came to find housing I was the one that didn’t naturally group off and had real trouble finding an empty room for the second year. It was all a nightmare. Commuting I can go to and from my own home and focus on my studies, I’m also much more likely not to skip lecturers if I travel a distance rather than having to roll out of bed around the corner from the lecture for some reason! If the commute isn’t too far maybe you could join a society in something that interests you to find like minded people? Do you know of anyone else on your current course who is also interested in moving on to the same doctorate?

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