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  1. guitarandtattoos

    need support system and understanding friends.

    I made the decision to cut contact with an abusive family who choose not to respect me or my boundaries. It has left me completely estranged with friends of family or even associates of family. I don't have anyone to talk to and no one reaches out to me. People who are not even involved have...
  2. SusanLR

    Did you grow up wanting friends?

    Did you naturally want to make friends as a child or did that desire come later in life as you grew older? Did it ever develop at all? Maybe you wanted friends, but, it was difficult to know how to create a friendship? I'm interested in this usually normal reaction between fellow humans. Are we...
  3. 10PurpleHippopotamuses

    Intense anxiety and making friends.

    How have some of you made friends when you have extreme anxiety? I'm not in school, and I'm not comfortable going to public spaces, especially places that are supposed to be social, but I also want to have friends. It gets lonely always being at home by myself, but I also don't know how to...
  4. Joshua the Writer

    Is it Normal That I Make Friends With Girls Easier Than I do Other Guys?

    For some reason, and I don't know why, I make friends with girls in my age range 14-18, than I do with guys. I have only 6 male friends, 2 of which talked to my older brother a lot before he started to become busier with school and getting his own apartment, and 1 of which I have been best...
  5. DiverseWonderland

    Friends with an Introvert

    I have a Friend who has Autism like me but they are more introverted than me but i still wish we could talk more or visit somewhere, so what i'm getting at is are there any ways to hang out with a Friend who is Super Introverted and don't go out much? at least every once and awhile?
  6. Novalion

    Newly diagnosed HFA, looking for info & friends

    Hi everyone! My name is Ari and I'm a 33yo LGBT female from NYC who just got diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism recently. I'm here because I want to learn more about HFA and the autistic community, make new friends I don't have to explain myself to with an essay of disclaimers, as well as...
  7. DesertRose

    Friends in primary school

    When you were first starting school, did you choose people you wanted to be friends with, or attempt to be, that met certain criteria? For instance, I would only seek out those who had been to my home, or knew our family. I also seemed to be drawn to those who appeared to be friendless. It was...
  8. rochelle

    Contain & Maintain

    "You talk just fine." My experiences so far as i come to terms with diagnosing myself as on the spectrum, whilst working alongside the next generation of quirky space cadets in early education. I'm a female on the countdown to 30- i live with my dad and brother who are also undiagnosed and my...
    • rochelle
    • Blog
    • early education exclusion friends junk food marijuana self diagnosed tribe weed
  9. Isadoorian

    Discord Server

    Hi! Another user on here and myself created a Discord Server the other day and would like more people to join; here's the Link: https://discord.gg/m5Q2M4x You'll get a Message in your PMs on Discord from one of the Robot Moderators upon joining so please be sure to read it thoroughly :) If...
  10. Jena

    Does anyone get super awkward when you hang out with friend for first time?

    I know it's probably not just me and I know there are probally other discussions out there, but today I was hanging out with my new friend I made. And I couldn't stop being so awkward. From accidentally showing my undergarments accidentally in my closet because my mind was in lala land to...
  11. As sweet as-pie

    I've been invited to a birthday party...

    Hi everyone. I've never really had many friends. I'm pretty great at small talk but awful at actually getting past the acquaintance part and becoming friends with someone in real life. All my friends I've met online. I know people in real life but it never gets past the first stage and so I'm...
  12. JellyBean

    Discord for teens with autism

    Hi^^ I thought I'd share this here. Me and a couple of friends of mine have a discord server for teens aged 13-19. It's fairly new, with a handful of members, but I'm really set on making sure this will be a good server for asd teens to chat, have a laugh and make friends. The server is called...
  13. D

    How do you take a compliment?

    As the name says, how do you take a compliment? I generally don't have much social interaction but more recently I have been trying to be more social. This includes talking with people, forming study groups (I'm in college), and such. While these are difficult I generally don't feel awkward...
  14. D

    How do you know if your friends are really your friends?

    As the title says, I’m curious to know how to figure out if your “friends” are really your friends. I would hesitate to call most people I know friends even though I converse and do stuff with them. I would call a friend someone who I have a close relationship with a friend, someone who would...
  15. Kit Kaplan

    Lonely in the Mountains

    62 living alone in 1940’s log cabin in Lake George Park. Cog/Neuro problems after flu shot. Once had 170 IQ and Idetic memory, coping with loss. Very lonely. Lost tribe 2 years ago in Brooklyn because I did the right thing (as ENTPs will do). Miss people of color, hi-IQ, psychic healer friends...
  16. Marcus

    Social Anxiety and non-existent self esteem.

    Social Anxiety has been something that has been with me for most of my life, I can't even go into the most basic of places like a grocery store without my mind setting ablaze and wondering what the people I pass by in the isles are thinking about me and whenever they try and say hello to me or...
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    • Blog entry
    • 3 min read
    • depression friends social anxiety
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: General
  17. Bolletje

    I am exhausted.

    As promised, another update, just a little later than I had planned. I've been working as a doctor for nearly two months now, and I love my job. I honestly couldn't imagine anything more fulfilling, at the end of the day. But it is draining as hell. Ask any honest doctor about their first few...
    • Bolletje
    • Blog entry
    • 4 min read
    • exhaustion friends future happiness job socializing teaching work
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: General
  18. rainman8128

    Atypical

    Hey guys. Recently I watched the show Atypical, about Sam, who has Aspergers as well, trying to get a girlfriend. There is one scene where the popular kids are hanging out and Sam notices that the popular girl kissed 2 different boys on consecutive days. He then says a lot of things I would have...
  19. JellyBean

    Does anyone want to be letter penpals?

    I'd like to get a penpal, and I mean a legit penpal. I've always thought letters were wonderful. Letters have an own unique charm and I'd like to send letters to someone who thinks letters are charming too. I don't really care about age or gender, just as long as it's someone who wants to talk...
  20. K

    Being a hermit/recluse

    I was thinking the other day while feeling generally left out and suffering a serious case of the blahs about what a social failure I am. And then I thought about the people on this forum who want to be hermits. And then I realized I couldn't very well be a hermit, I have 4 friends and don't...
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