Published on 12, July, 2020
I want to meet people as I'm minimally speaking and actually have little to no real life friends. The place I'm in gives opportunities which I do take, but I'm often ignored because I can't speak that well. I'm not sure how to go about meeting people in that case. I do have moderate to severe sensory issues, I can handle a busy restaurant on a good day, but on a bad day I'd rather die than be there.
And I need something to distract me from various thoughts. I'm in my mid 20s if that's any help.
Hi there. It's such a difficult one, isn't it. I am 51 and I don't have many friends. It has not been easy.
Many folk on here would recommend getting involved with your special interest or hobbies. My special interest is organising travel, so haven't had luck with that.
Also how would you feel about going to a local autistic groups (as I see is posted above).
Take care and hang in there,
Mrs Snooks
I don't think friends would have to be from hobbies, I could be wrong though because I haven't been out the house in such a long time.
Either way, I love scenery and photography which I think can go hand in hand with travel (Could be wrong). We could be friends if you'd like? I'm a bit chatty about things like that, as I wish I could travel.
I have tried a local autistic support group, but it wasn't great. It doesn't matter much to me what the interests are, as long as they are nice and understanding people, I would be fine with them. Unless there's mental health issues like apathy or psychopathy, in which case, I'm fine again, but with different expectations I suppose. Social isolation left me wiser I think.