Feeling more isolated as you grow older.

Does any one feel more isolated as they grow older?

From a personal point of veiw I just can't seem to go where I want to go in life. I'm feel totaly isolated for numerous reasons, some in part that I just don't fit in with anyone no matter how much I try. Secondly because I struggle to conform, and that just makes people run a mile. Thirdly I was raised on a really deprived council estate (although I was lucky enough to have working parents and not in that boat), but my intellectual level is higher that the people I knew from childhood, but I don't seem to get a long with academics or wealthier people.

I feel completely adrift from the rest of world, and this feeling seems to grow stronger with age. I sometimes wonder about ending it all, but I don't really feel depressed or ar least I don't understand I feel depressed. 

In many ways I feel like I can't be bothered walking against the wind but spending the last year trying not to do such. I've shaved of my hair that was below my shoulder blades, I've shaved off my beard that had about 11" of growth, I've lost three stone. I've stopped enjoying recreational alcohol consumption. I've started teeth grinding and have consistend mouth sensations as a result. I feel persicuted from all angles of political thought, I just see them all as variations of right wing extremists.

Sorry for blurb. Just needed a moan.

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  • I don't know if this will come across as crass, I am married with children and have Asperger's so I haven't had the opportunity to feel lonely for company for a long time now (although was very isolated at periods in younger years) although I am lonely in the way you can be in a crowd from not connecting in the right way with who is around you.

    I am seeking answers from every angle, I love research and just reading up on things generally.  I have just discovered an ASC author who has written the following books and I think realising there is something very special about autism could help people feel less isolated and more worthwhile:

    • Autism & The God Connection
    • The Soul of Autism
    • The Autism Prophecies

    All by William Stillman, a man with AS (I think he's written others too).  I'm not religious per se BTW, but if you are even remotely interested in anything spiritual (as in being a good person) or autism being a possible evolutionary development, or just reading up on different aspects of things, you should give these books a try.  Sometimes you can change your philosophy in life.

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  • I don't know if this will come across as crass, I am married with children and have Asperger's so I haven't had the opportunity to feel lonely for company for a long time now (although was very isolated at periods in younger years) although I am lonely in the way you can be in a crowd from not connecting in the right way with who is around you.

    I am seeking answers from every angle, I love research and just reading up on things generally.  I have just discovered an ASC author who has written the following books and I think realising there is something very special about autism could help people feel less isolated and more worthwhile:

    • Autism & The God Connection
    • The Soul of Autism
    • The Autism Prophecies

    All by William Stillman, a man with AS (I think he's written others too).  I'm not religious per se BTW, but if you are even remotely interested in anything spiritual (as in being a good person) or autism being a possible evolutionary development, or just reading up on different aspects of things, you should give these books a try.  Sometimes you can change your philosophy in life.

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