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friendship

  1. L

    Never been in a relationship or had many friends :(

    So I’m a 19 year old aspie never been in a relationship or had many friends I would really like to get to know someone being friends and maybe more, my hobbies are going for hikes, playing on the PS4, watching Netflix tv shows, Netflix originals, horror movies, listening to music, reading books...
  2. Fiona

    Best friend

    Do you have a best friend? Or had? How this relationship look(ed) like? Do you feel a need to have one? I had one. We knew each other for +10 years, through internet (but we met few times). We had some breaks - sometimes she disappeared but mostly me. And last time was probably the final one I...
  3. Daydreamer

    I Became Less Shy.

    When I was young, I was known as a quiet child. Even when I was a baby this was true, my parents found it odd that I didn't seem to cry all that much. Instead my behaviour seemed to reflect an innate cautiousness, and a tendency to sit in quiet observation. My sister was much more adventurous...
    • Daydreamer
    • Thread
    • childhood friendship lisp shy stutter
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Off Topic
  4. S

    Favorite people

    I'm sure some of you've heard this bipolar term before favorite people you got people you like and you got people you dislike like with kids I like really smart kids that I can have intelligent conversations with I don't like kids who are rude and bratty have no home training that's...
  5. Highway Cowboy

    Aspergers Syndrome and Animal Therapy

    My ten year old daughter and myself both are blessed with Aspergers and High Functioning Autism although my daughter also has other issues such as Septo Optic Dysplasia Spectrum and is visually impaired. Both of us struggle greatly around other people and find it very difficult to form and...
  6. The Gentle and Brave Writer

    This aspie woman and her present friendships

    
Checking my Whatsapp chats I've realized that I have three friends that I interact with, in the present: one is a college friend that lives in the other side of the Atlantic, a virtual friend that also lives in the other side of the Atlantic, and a friend (mom of a friend of my daughter's).
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    • Sabrina
    • Blog entry
    • 2 min read
    • asperger's aspie aspie female friendship women with asperger's
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
  7. 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...
  8. SparklAng

    Forming and maintaining friendships

    In the past year or so I have started to attempt to form connections with others. I have formed some friendships with some people, but honestly it is so exhasting. And the deeper the connection that I feel for a person, the more I rely on their company. I get terrified of making people angry...
  9. NT_tavbabe

    I think I should quit this friendship

    I think maybe I’m a bit too much, the last thing I texted to the aspie manager I wanted to befriend was a bit of an hectic message pleading for answers on our friendship and then I just stopped talking to him to give him space without warning. I couldn’t send another text cause I was already...
    • NT_tavbabe
    • Thread
    • friendship giving up uncomfortable
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Off Topic
  10. NT_tavbabe

    Friendship pt2

    hi, I’m a thirsty-for-friendship-with-an-Aspie NT who is back at it again with this friendship with my coworker (who happens to kinda be my bosses boss? I forgot to mention that). I’m not sure why I am so attached to getting this friendship and I wish it’d chill out. I have a generally open...
  11. Jenisautistic

    How to cope with your friend being a loner

    How to cope with your friend being a loner Hey everyone it’s me and i’ve had this friend for a while until he moved away away about a year or two after we met he moved away along time ago in 2014 I’m pretty sure we were as close as a loner and a good friend could that stage of the...
  12. Utini

    Being encouraged to have friends and failing to see the benefits anymore.

    My husband is off to his D&D game tonight, big group of friends. Just thinking, having a lot of anxiety over this and obsessing. He has tried in the past to get me to play, I like the game but not playing with strangers. He offered for me to come tonight so it took off that mental bandage I...
    • Utini
    • Thread
    • aspergers autism autism help friendship friendship help marriage
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Help and Support
  13. Utini

    Close friendships make me overly anxious.

    I'll be short. Have a new job and I'm becoming good friends with one of my co workers. Problem is, it's making me super uncomfortable and I worry about the point where she is going to start inviting me to things. She loves that she can be very weird around me so she feels that it is special...
    • Utini
    • Thread
    • anxiety autism coworkers friendship friendship anxiety obsessing
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Help and Support
  14. WittyAspie

    What If/Bad Drivers

    Most of us seem to get along well with each other most of the time. But what if we had to put up with each other’s driving? I wonder if we would be able to maintain amicable interactions if we found out that someone’s driving style really irked us. Most people think their driving habits are...
  15. M

    Forming human connections

    I managed to make a friend, it was their idea, and they knew I was socially awkward and not sure if it was a good idea when they suggested it. We used to chat away to each other every day, and we would find it fun to spend time together and to do things I wouldn't otherwise do. I felt so much...
  16. ErinH

    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    Hi, Hope everyone is having a good week so far. Does anyone else struggle to keep friends, especially good/best friends? Since I realised I might have Asperger's, I started thinking back to all of the very good friends I have lost in my life. And I clearly have a habit of losing friends. Not...
  17. ErinH

    Hi

    Hi, I'm new on here. I haven't been diagnosed with Asperger's yet, but I (and many people around me) feel that I do have this. Has anybody else had a lot of problems with friendships? I have never been able to keep close friends, and have frequently had meltdowns leading to the friend just not...
  18. Anonymous Ninja

    Where did you find a friend?

    Curious what settings others have found friends. I'm one of those who cannot handle loud or very busy environments without shutting down, so thinking this may give ideas :) to me and others. To kick it off: I have a friend because he more or less said we were lab partners in college.
  19. Z

    Finally having "Play Dates"

    This week I will be seeing friends 3 times. Tommerow one of my best friends from school is coming round (she has autism, Marianas and EDS like myself), on Wednesday I'm going shopping with two friends from collage and Friday I'm going to the cinema with another collage friend who also has...
  20. Gritches

    Barking in the Dark/the NT relationship paradigm

    Barking in the dark. That's what I'm doing right now. I just got the call today, and in the course of 20 minutes my world went from stable and predictable to "you're going half way around the world to do things you don't want to do." Ugh. But anyway, I just wanted to post something before I go...
    • Gritches
    • Blog entry
    • 2 min read
    • friendship friendships needs relationship relationships
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
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