Published on 12, July, 2020
I've been suspected of being an aspie (now officially just 'someone on the autistic spectrum' for over 15 years now). I have yet to get an official diagnosis but the circumstantial evidence is pretty overwhelming. I'd like to make friends with people who have experienced isolation and loneliness as a result of their condition. I try to be a devoted and understanding person to talk to. If anyone wants to talk to me, that'd be great.
OCD and ASD do tend to overlap; so does depression - feeling you don't fit in can make you very unhappy.
I'm mostly curious about how it has affected other people's lives. Isolation has been a major factor in mine which has led to a subset of related problems. I'm not sure what to do about it. Socialising is very painful. Even talking online 'hiding behind a keyboard' I am scared of making even the slightest mistakes although I think this overlaps with OCD. I want to make friends, especially ones I can visit in RL but with talking being difficult and people tending to lose interest in my repetitive and self-absorbed nature at times, I have been left with only a handful. I can't imagine it is very healthy to meet someone socially on average only once a year and not being able to hold down a steady relationship. I just wondered if anyone here had come across similiar problems, if they'd managed to work through them, whether they'd had any external help, etc.
Kind Regards,
LBunny
PS: Thank you both for your kind replies.
Likewise, what would you like to talk about?
Welcome. I'm happy to talk to you.