social skills

hello , i am a 30 year old male with autism, I was diagnosed at 17 so I got  little to no help growing up. I currently have no friends and have never had a girlfriend.  I would describe myself as having poor social skills. over recent years I have been feeling more and more lonely and have on a few occasions had uncontrollable sobbing episode's, the feeling of loneliness and overwhelming sadness is horrendous. I only really interact with family members.

I am looking looking for advice or places to go to improve my social skills, I am not socially helpless, I just struggle with eye contact ,social cues and conversational skills.  thanks.

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  • I have good news for you samsgs86........"eye contact" and "social cuses" and "conversation skills" have no bearing on your happiness or otherwise, in this place.

    I'm quite sure that this place is NOT for everyone........but quite a few isolated and OVERWHELMINGLY lonely folk, can find some solace here, amongst ourselves.

    I hope you will choose to hang around here for a while, to see if some of us have more in common with you, that you might have ever imagined!?  It did happen to me, in that way that I describe.

    Welcome, to you.

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  • I have good news for you samsgs86........"eye contact" and "social cuses" and "conversation skills" have no bearing on your happiness or otherwise, in this place.

    I'm quite sure that this place is NOT for everyone........but quite a few isolated and OVERWHELMINGLY lonely folk, can find some solace here, amongst ourselves.

    I hope you will choose to hang around here for a while, to see if some of us have more in common with you, that you might have ever imagined!?  It did happen to me, in that way that I describe.

    Welcome, to you.

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