I feel like a Freak and cannot not find someone who would want a relationship with me!

Hi,

My name is Jack [edited by mod] and I have Asperger's Syndrome and Tourette's Syndrome (I have body movements and noises that I cannot control but I do not swear.)

Due to my special needs, I have found it impossbile to find someone my age that would want to be in a realtionship with me. I am hetrosexual but feel that my special needs alienantes me from from 17-18 year old girls. Is this normal in Asperger's or is it just something my mind is doing to me as I feel that I need a relationship to help me feel less lonely?

Jack

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  • It's not all too easy at all.  What a ridiculously generalist statement.

    You are forgetting that people with autism who do end up in relationships, can often end up in abusive or unhealthy relationships because they don't recognise either the wrong type of person or the warning signs, or know how to deal with negative relationships once they arise.

    They can also be used by people pretending to be their partner.  Think "mate crime" for relationships. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/14/learning-disabilities-mate-crime

    So what's better, to have no relationship or an abusive/unhappy one?  I know "the grass is always greener", but you should never generalise or make assumptions.

    Someone with ASC can have no trouble getting a relationship but have great difficulty in maintaining it and could have one after the other of disastrous experiences.

    The rates of divorce are something like 80%+ in ASC/NT marriages as well.  Then there is the issue of producing children with ASC which makes life a whole bundle more stressful and impacts marriages.

    Aspie burnout is probably way higher in ASC people trying to maintain a marriage, especially when children are involved.  A mental breakdown can be caused by the expectations of relationships.

    For someone with ASC, especially a female who is usually expected to perform the running of the house, ASC can place a huge strain on both the relationship and the individual because it can be nigh on impossible to keep up to expectations.

    A relationship is not the be-all-and-end-all.  Often-times people with conditions like ASC are better alone.

    Those trite sayings like "another person completes you" or "my other half" are so unrealistic.  Unless you find peace with yourself, find out who you really are and are at least content with who you are, you are ill-advised to be in a relationship.  And if someone classes themselves as a "freak" do they really want to be procreating future generations of "freaks"?

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  • It's not all too easy at all.  What a ridiculously generalist statement.

    You are forgetting that people with autism who do end up in relationships, can often end up in abusive or unhealthy relationships because they don't recognise either the wrong type of person or the warning signs, or know how to deal with negative relationships once they arise.

    They can also be used by people pretending to be their partner.  Think "mate crime" for relationships. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/14/learning-disabilities-mate-crime

    So what's better, to have no relationship or an abusive/unhappy one?  I know "the grass is always greener", but you should never generalise or make assumptions.

    Someone with ASC can have no trouble getting a relationship but have great difficulty in maintaining it and could have one after the other of disastrous experiences.

    The rates of divorce are something like 80%+ in ASC/NT marriages as well.  Then there is the issue of producing children with ASC which makes life a whole bundle more stressful and impacts marriages.

    Aspie burnout is probably way higher in ASC people trying to maintain a marriage, especially when children are involved.  A mental breakdown can be caused by the expectations of relationships.

    For someone with ASC, especially a female who is usually expected to perform the running of the house, ASC can place a huge strain on both the relationship and the individual because it can be nigh on impossible to keep up to expectations.

    A relationship is not the be-all-and-end-all.  Often-times people with conditions like ASC are better alone.

    Those trite sayings like "another person completes you" or "my other half" are so unrealistic.  Unless you find peace with yourself, find out who you really are and are at least content with who you are, you are ill-advised to be in a relationship.  And if someone classes themselves as a "freak" do they really want to be procreating future generations of "freaks"?

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