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Just curious about this. 

I have recently been sent a bunch of emails about this with some guidelines on how to help myself. One of these was socialising. Given the choice between meeting and talking to people on a social level and being by myself and enjoying life. Guess which one I would chose. 

The 2 seem opposed to each other. I have 1 friend that I absolutely trust with my life and that really is all I need. I even have to have a break from her. But not sure it counts as socialising.

has anyone any thoughts on this

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  • I think this would probably be a bit of an issue for quite a few (most?) autistic people.

    We are more likely to do the other sorts of things that help eg. puzzles and quizzes.

    I do think though that some social contact does help to keep the brain active.

    This is a very pertinent question for latelings like me who was diagnosed at 60.

  • in reply to B

    I'm becoming less social by choice as I get older, I find socialising stressful, other people find socialising wtth me stressful, I don't drink, I'm vegetarian and lactose intolerant, I don't swim or ride bycylces, I'm unable to do most sorts of exercise classes, not that I do groups anyway, so what is there left for me to do with people?

    I do puzzles, I walk daily, I eat a healthy diet, I garden, I read both fiction and non fiction.

    I do my socialising on here, I can have as much or as little as I want, I dont' need people to be physically present. 

    I wonder if we manifest demntia differently to NT's? I've heard it said that autistics are more prone to dementia, the first thing I thought was Why? I don't think I believe that we are particularly prone to it, I wonder if the diagnostic criteria need changing when dealing with an ND population, how many of us seek out company? Many of us have so many hobbies and things that we find deeply interesting, we don't want to be disturbed to go and do armchair airobics or something.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I too am becoming less social with age. I left all social media and all messaging apps except Telegram about a year ago and Ive no regrets, it has certainly made life easier with fewer people to cope with. I try to avoid family social type events as I just cannot follow their conversations which cross each other within a room, they are good people but have no clue (except my wife and her sister in law) how to include me in these group times. 

    I know quite a lot about dementia as my mum was diagnosed with it in 2014 then I moved in as her full time carer in 2015. It was one of toughest times of my life. She passed away in 2019. I then moved back to a town in north west England where Id lived previously and was just trying to rebuild my life when pandemic hit. 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I too am becoming less social with age. I left all social media and all messaging apps except Telegram about a year ago and Ive no regrets, it has certainly made life easier with fewer people to cope with. I try to avoid family social type events as I just cannot follow their conversations which cross each other within a room, they are good people but have no clue (except my wife and her sister in law) how to include me in these group times. 

    I know quite a lot about dementia as my mum was diagnosed with it in 2014 then I moved in as her full time carer in 2015. It was one of toughest times of my life. She passed away in 2019. I then moved back to a town in north west England where Id lived previously and was just trying to rebuild my life when pandemic hit. 

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