Loneliness

I feel lonely most of the time. I live at home with my parents but I'm kind of the outcast, maybe because of the autism? I never know what to say to people and my social skills suck anyway. At school I was lonely too no one ever wanted to talk to me or be friends. I even attended an evening chess class last year and I still didn't make a single friend...

It's almost like I'm incapable of making friends. I try. And I really do try, I've even looked up tips online on what to say and that sort of thing and it doesn't work.

I think the main problem is I come across awkward and I think it puts people off because they see my awkwardness and probably can sense how anxious I am as well if that makes sense.

I'll be 27 soon and I'm sad I still don't have any friends. I was hoping by now I would have a boyfriend too but that's not happened either.