I need to make friends

Sadly he's not up for coming on forums. But yes you are not alone it does help

Hello, I would like to chat, it sounds like we have some interests in common. What football team do you support? I like football and country walks too 

Maybe we would relate so eachother ? I think sometimes it’s good for people who are going through the same stuff to be friends if you know what I mean 

Ah yes my son same age and does pretty much same as you and I know he is desperately lonely and it is heartbreaking..please know all is not lost its not hopeless as I say to my son to hang in there through the days when he feels very sad as there will always be another tomorrow and it may be better than today..just be patient with yourself practice good self care first before going to deal with others look after your diet look after your health wash etc and find things that make you laugh and bring you comfort and  look to find hobbies that feel constructive or make you feel good or happy and if you have good family around you that love you..try to talk to them.about how you feel.

Hey buddy, 

Don't ever feel the need to apologise for reaching out to the community. Its full of people who have all been through very similar situations or are currently going through something similar themselves. 

It's not uncommon for the issues associated with being high functioning to really become prevalent in our late teens early 20s, it's a time when people the childhood relationships we have naturally begin to fade as interests change, once we're out of a school environment it requires different social skills we don't always pick up for quite some time after the typical person especially if undiagnosed.

Feel free to drop me a message. I've got plenty of games, no need to feel alone.

Hi, I find it really hard to make friends, I’m sociable an have lots of hobbies 

I am pretty damn sure that everyone is very pleased to see your acknowledgement....and I'm pretty damn sure that no one here would ever expect you to feel any pressure to write anymore than you feel you can.  It's a pleasure to meet you here.  Hope you have a great week and I look forward to bumping into you again on the pages.

Thankyou everyone for your replies, I really apricate  it  , I struggle with what to reply to certain things so if I've not replied to you, don't take it personally please :)  I'm really glad I've found such a lovely group of people. 

Welcome! I think you'll like it here as other people have commented. Please see my reply to NAS86244 for how much the forum has helped me. I won't repeat myself like I usually do!

I'm sorry about the sad loss of some of your family and your job ending. I hope the forum can be supportive to you. Your advice about being proactive is important for all of us to remember, so you've already been of help.

[I'm American too (from Chicago) and I've lived in London for over half my life now. I'm bilingual in British English and American English! My mother was from Middletown, Ohio and when visiting relatives in Cincinnati, we actually flew into Kentucky.]

Hey. Welcome. I want you to know you've taken some huge and important steps to feeling better. You've joined this forum and wrote an honest post about how you are feeling. By doing so, you're helping yourself, and you're also helping others who are feeling the same way, but can't put their feelings into words, or may be feeling too low or two ashamed to out their feelings into a post. 

Hi! I'm a newer person on the forum and it has helped me immensely. There's support, a feeling of belonging and connection, helpful information, some fun topics too. I feel far less lonely when I go on the forum. I even made a lovely new friend here! 

I hope you also get positive feelings from participating and that you feel there are people who care.

I'll reply with a more substantial post soon (I'm looking for a job after recently being 'asked to resign' from an EMS job that I didn't exactly love to death, but it did pay the bills and was a stepping stone to moving forward in an EMS career). Anyways, I am VERY sorry to hear about your friend. There are few groups near where I'm at.

I used to play video games years ago, but swore off them when I attended college (too much time and money). However, I'm a bit like you. I preferred to play games alone for the longest time, so I gravitated toward games with superb single-player campaigns. However, I've come to realize over the years that I've become just a bit TOO alone. One of the reasons I'm here.

Good luck with everything.

Welcome to the forum :) 

I'm a little older than you (62) and I've very recently self diagnosed. I also feel lonely much of the time. More so in recent years. I was married for many years (so he was my best friend) and after he died I somehow made a new friend. I can count the number of proper friends I've had in my life on one hand - or maybe one and a bit hands! When my friend died last year  I had the mother of all meltdowns as I was acutely aware that I will probably never have another friend. I know quite a few people but I don't feel like I fit in. 

I recently joined a walking group that meets in my area. If I'm honest I would rather walk alone - just me and my dog - but I had become so lonely and I'm very aware that I've become rather reclusive and withdrawn recently but most of the time I'm ok with my own company. 

I've always been a gamer. My current fixation is Minecraft. I play for many hours and I find it really soothing. 

I hope you find some friends here. It's so good to know that we're not alone. 

Good morning 86244 and 86252, I am Number.

Welcome to this place.  Random posts are very welcome here and feeling lonely is not uncommon at all.

It is hard for our type to 'reach out' so congratulations for summoning the energy to do so.  This does appear to be THE place for autistic folk of most descriptions.  Generally friendly and nonjudgmental.  I hope you both find threads to join in with and that you find being here a positive experience.

Living in another country and being here is not unusual although most of us are British.....so some of the humour might be deemed pretty weird - even by global autistic standards!  Brace, Brace, Brace !

Kind regards

Number.

I literally just joined this forum and this website several minutes ago, and I don't even live in the UK (I live in Kentucky in America). I'm also 30, so I'm turning into an old geezer. But I struggle with isolation and socialization as well. I do live alone, was recently 'asked to resign' from a job that I didn't exactly love but paid the bills and was a stepping stone in my career, and am struggling with the recent death of some family members and the loss of the career that I had wanted to do. I wish I had time for a longer post. I wish you the best. I'll be more active on more forums soon.

One small piece of advice; be proactive. Reach out, instead of waiting for someone to come to you.

Hi. Just stopping in to welcome you to the forum. I’ve no doubt you’ll find friends here if you give it time. I’m twice your age (almost) and not into football so I’ll not pretend to be a good friend fit! But there’s a wide range of people on here and you’ll connect with some very well no doubt. Might just take time. 

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