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finding it hard to make just 1 friend

NAS90703

Hey everyone, Happy Friday!

So earlier this year I got diagnosed officially with ASD at 22 (Best news ive ever had, I know im not just that weird guy anymore!) but for all of my life I have had issues making friends. I guess this is just a reach out to anyone that would even consider talking to me for more than an hour and maybe even play some games!

  • Hello,

    I am also 22 years old with level 1 autism and have a hard time making friends. My trouble is I am not very talkative and when I try to be I don’t make much sense but I don’t mind being anybody’s friend on here. Everyone is very nice to my surprise.

  • Hello there, and congratulations on your diagnosis. I have issues making friends, too, especially over the part about getting connected with other people. Unless I have Facebook (which I do not use) or something, that's not going to be possible for me.

  • Congratulations on your diagnosis mate!!

    I completely understand how this feels. I'm 26 and I've never had a friend either. The people I work with are just colleagues and growing up, at school, I was the loner who was always silent and never interacted with anybody because I didn't understand how to interact. It's led to intense loneliness as an adult and I fear this is how it'll be here on.

    Hang in there mate. This looks like a really friendly community so maybe we'll both fit in and make a friend here. Slight smile

  • I have had friends, but don't currently.  My last friend was slowly dragging me down into god knows what.  But the whole friendship was like wading through quicksand.  I axed it a lot later than I should have and it took some time to recover from it all.

    I haven't rushed to make any new ones, but I also do want to.  The problem for me is NT's are hard to be friends with and ND's are harder.  My last friend was an ND.  Two ND's does not make a perfect friendship or at least i have never known any.

    But if you 100% do want to make friends, find a hobby.  Join a walking club, take up a sport, volunteer somewhere.  When you socialise, you make friends.

  • Hi! I've also had issues making friends and forming relationships, although I've known about my autism since childhood. 

    I'll send you a friend request and, if you're comfortable enough, feel free to accept it and have a chat in PMs sometime (or here, if you're not comfortable with PMs, no pressure). And of course, if you're into videogames it'll be nice to play together sometime if you'd like, especially if we have the same interest in gaming genres. 

  • Hello, and welcome. You are amongst friends here.