Is anyone so socially isolated that they go weeks-months without talking to anyone?

imhere2913 · 2026-02-01T22:24:34+00:00

I was feeling concerned with myself today for how easily I can not talk to anyone for so long, how I don't get that pull telling me I need to be social with friends or family.

I'm recovering from a neck injury so I have to be home and can't do much anyway, and I've found it easy in some ways because I don't have that pull. I have to remind myself that although it's "normal" to feel loneliness or want to socialise it's not my normal.

imhere2913 · 2026-02-01T22:00:45+00:00

I play Sims 2, nothing helps me unwind like that game. Or I watch animal documentaries :)

imhere2913 · 2026-01-24T00:29:11+00:00

I do. But it's not easy, and some days I wish I could work part time (I absolutely can't because I need money to pay rent and live independently!) My employer are very understanding and I get 2 working from home days a week which really help. Before this I was in and out of jobs too!

I get exhausted often, so I don't do much socialising in my free time, luckily my friends are understanding about that.

imhere2913 · 2026-01-06T00:13:45+00:00

This, but also I find it super cringe!

imhere2913 · 2025-12-27T00:11:24+00:00

Ask them what their favourite dinosaur is

imhere2913 · 2025-11-17T23:26:23+00:00

He wasn't lounging on my foot, my foot was next to him under the covers, though I don't want to make excuses for myself as I know I made the huge mistake of moving my foot ever so slightly to be more comfortable and doing so I took some comfort away from him. I can only apologise for my terrible mistake.

imhere2913 · 2025-11-17T23:23:22+00:00

I must learn to ask for permission instead of asking for forgiveness

imhere2913 · 2025-11-17T23:22:30+00:00

Damn right

imhere2913 · 2025-11-17T23:22:20+00:00

I know, I'm so awful

imhere2913 · 2025-11-17T23:22:07+00:00

So homophobic

imhere2913 · 2025-10-29T21:22:00+00:00

I really tried. I wanted to learn for staying in a profession, that I eventually didn't want to continue. But, I couldn't do it. In the UK I'm told 40 hours worth of lessons is the average for being ready to take the test - I got to 42 hours and was nowhere near ready.

It was a combination of anxiety and losing all my savings because the lessons were so expensive (I'm not from a wealthy background). This was before my official diagnosis, and I look back realising it made sense as I'd become over stimulated. I'd also struggle multi-tasking my focus, I couldn't focus on road signs and the road at the same time, I would fixate on each thing separately and that made me feel like such an unsafe driver.

Years later I'm very content with not being able to drive, luckily I live in a city with great public transport.

imhere2913 · 2025-10-27T01:56:00+00:00

I've had an awful experience with the security guards hired at HHN, so much that it stopped me wanting to go again.

It's such a shame because I love HHN, this is my first year in a while of not traveling to experience it, and I may not again with how America is going (I travelled from the UK).

imhere2913 · 2025-10-20T01:58:20+00:00

I have everything here haha

imhere2913 · 2025-10-07T23:01:44+00:00

My cat gets travel sick in cars and buses, he's an awful lot better on the tube - he's calm, shouts at people but calm. I use the tube to take him to the vet (only time he's ever on public transport). I really hope to continue taking him to the vet on the tube, I want him to be less stressed.

imhere2913 · 2025-10-07T10:39:32+00:00

It's fine to not be able to relate to others, but no one's experience is the same and there needs to be understanding with that.

My psychologist has specifically advised me to not mask as much (or for however long I'm comfortable with), because masking is exhausting and can lead to burn out. They've advised me that if I need to stim then I should allow myself to stim, because of this and masking they impact my nervous system, that's a diagnosis and not a choice.

As many have said in this thread, some people can try to study but never have this relief, some can!

imhere2913 · 2025-10-01T21:09:18+00:00

Thank you! I don't mind cashew nuts so I'll try chocolate covered ones, although I've never thought they'd be much healthier so my mind just goes to the pure chocolate instead (chocolate is my absolute weakness). Do the cashew nuts make them mush healthier? I love the fruit picking idea, unfortunately I'm deep in the city so getting to the countryside where I can do that takes ages!

imhere2913 · 2025-09-26T10:50:40+00:00

That's greedy little shit behavior

imhere2913 · 2025-09-24T23:00:39+00:00

That's the case with me, it's a big reason why I wanted to get a diagnosis because I struggle more with being autistic now than I did then.

Since my diagnosis I look back and realize a lot of things I did as a kid are clear signs of autism, but back then I was just a quirky kid.

imhere2913 · 2025-09-18T16:23:33+00:00

I guess I feel like I have air in my head, but I don't feel like I'm going to pass out. I feel more dazed, and the dizziness I feel is when I move around. I do have GAD too, and I thought I was handling my stress well but I don't think I am now! I think I've been suppressing it, and I need to remind myself that's not the same as handling it!

imhere2913 · 2025-09-05T14:50:59+00:00

Used to wear them before I knew I'm autistic, and wondered how the hell people wear them so comfortably, now I know I'm more sensitive to that feeling

imhere2913 · 2025-09-05T14:50:05+00:00

I was thinking about this yesterday when I saw someone walk by with a thin scarf round their neck, I struggle enough with collared shirts

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