Published on 12, July, 2020
I love being at home on my own, and I now know that this has a lot to do with being autistic. It’s hard to offend someone when you’re the only one in the room. Peace is predictability and predictability is a common autistic need. Trouble and discomfort is other people (or whatever it is Sartre said). Here’s a three-minute Autistic Not Alien video on the topic of being alone at home: [edited by moderator]
I liked getting the house to myself when I had a family but now that I don’t the empty house feels like a prison.