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  1. Markness

    Past determining my future

    Being an outsider in what’s supposed to be my culture (Central Texas Christian) has also been extremely difficult. However, even when I used to buy into Christianity, I just couldn’t get excited about church services, American football games, drinking beer, giant trucks, guns, and country music.
  2. Markness

    Past determining my future

    Things that I’ve been suggested but things didn’t go the way I hoped for them: Volunteering, attending a Universalist fellowship, speed dating, going to gyms, attending college courses, and working for the public.
  3. Markness

    Past determining my future

    I am short on time currently but I can say this. What seems to work but only temporarily: Attending Meet Up events or other social events through social apps like Discord.
  4. Markness

    Past determining my future

    I worry that all the years of trying and not succeeding were wasted.
  5. Markness

    Still waiting for a first date..

    I still encounter people who treat prayer like demanding a genie to grant their wishes and they tend to be very unhappy people.
  6. Markness

    Getting more socially isolated

    I’ve been really feeling despondent for the last few days. I really wish there was a way out of my situation.
  7. Markness

    They are living theropod dinosaurs and resemble ones that preyed on our pre-human ancestors.

    They are living theropod dinosaurs and resemble ones that preyed on our pre-human ancestors.
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  8. Markness

    Past determining my future

    I really don’t know what to do and a lot of potential opportunities for this year either got denied to me or were sabotaged.
  9. Markness

    What can I say to my self from 20 years ago?

    I attended a “jump start” event at the gaming store I’ve mentioned before. It was mostly men there. A few guys had girlfriends with them; one even kissed her boyfriend’s cheek in plain sight. It goes to show how wrong my parents were in telling me how I was supposed to go about getting a...
  10. Markness

    Past determining my future

    I just wish things went better for me over the summer. Instead, I got pushed back to square one after a brief promising spell.
  11. Markness

    Past determining my future

    I managed to take more walks yesterday and today.
  12. Markness

    Past determining my future

    It won’t be very long but I can still take a walk at the park before I go into work.
  13. Markness

    Past determining my future

    It’s 6:00 in the morning and I am still up. I just can’t stop thinking about if I’ll ever have someone who loves me in my life.
  14. Markness

    Interesting Discussion: The economics of solitude and loneliness.

    I know I need to think more positively and be okay being by myself but I still get the same feelings that made me depressed in the first place still eating at me. I am starting to worry I am literally the only person who is currently going through this spell. I don’t see anyone else struggling...
  15. Markness

    Interesting Discussion: The economics of solitude and loneliness.

    I think I can handle more ever since I got a BIPAP and the quality of my sleep improved. It’s also improved my mood a lot. I just still haven’t overcome the social isolation I’ve been plagued with for many years. I often feel like I am in the wrong place.
  16. Markness

    Interesting Discussion: The economics of solitude and loneliness.

    I know that I won’t get anywhere if I don’t make attempts. I’ve just haven’t had the best luck in interacting socially for many years now. I’ve had interactions that initially seemed like they would go somewhere, particularly with a woman I met in Austin and one I met in Round Rock in person...
  17. Markness

    Interesting Discussion: The economics of solitude and loneliness.

    I forgot I posted in this thread. Sadly, I still don’t have a girlfriend. :(
  18. Markness

    Is being underemployed or struggling to get into a career that pays enough to support oneself, common for people on the autism spectrum?

    @Mary Terry To be clear, I think your suggestions are right. I just wonder how I can get better results than what I’ve gotten before.
  19. Markness

    Is being underemployed or struggling to get into a career that pays enough to support oneself, common for people on the autism spectrum?

    Well, I actually did take community college courses, both in person and online. I also made attempts to socialize as well as inquired about clubs. I’ve never attended courses for what is considered a university here in the US. My parents actually said they were only prepared to potentially help...
  20. Markness

    Past determining my future

    I was considering the possibility of accepting that I will remain single for the rest of my life but I just can’t do it. I am too psychologically attached to the desire to have someone special in my life.
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