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I happened to say hi to someone I knew from school over Facebook because I was desperate for someone to talk to. A few days later and they've answered. They were still not a friend but someone nice and the only person from school who I'd want to meet again. What do I do though... I don't want to...

Someone I know said that I should go and see my doctor, and possibly ask to be referred to a counsellor, to see what they might be able to do. She actually told me the truth, that I'm so uncomfortable that I make other people uncomfortable talking to me. So I've got myself booked in to see the...

I'm sitting here on the computer. I got up at 12pm and will go to bed about 2am. This is what I do every day. From work I have lots of people who I can talk to. Except they won't talk back to me. I tried and tried and tried to make friends with them. I have a car sat in the driveway but I never...

If you want to look for a psychiatrist because you've never been able to make friends, have SA, and all the rest, what 'type' should you look for, ie. is it a special field or anything? Do all psychiatrists generally do everything?

I've managed to get a guy I know to meet up with me and a few of his mates in a pub/club place one Friday night, he knows what I'm like and he's going to show me how to talk to women. Try confronting it head on. As I said to him, considering I can't talk to people or make friends normally, if I...

Since June 2007 I tried all of this for the first time... Getting a job Starting to ask people to do friendly stuff rather than waiting for them to ask me Going to the pub with the people from work now and then Talking to people I worked with more Talking to new people under the bike/smoking...

Do any of you lose your energy when you're not around people, eg. at home? Without my job mine has almost literally completely gone. I'm laying in bed until 4am, getting up at 1pm, and then an hour after that I'll be napping again. When I do get to sleep I sleep fine. I used to do a normal day's...

To cut a long story short - after two and a half years I've been made redundant, and I left last Friday. We went to the pub after work. I for the first time had more than one drink and semi-enjoyed the night. I was flooded with hugs and people saying nice things. Before the last day I managed to...

Unless I am at work or doing an errand, I generally do not leave the house. What do you do outside the house other than work or getting together with friends (if you do either of those)? And how do you come up with things to do?

Hey. I think it's time I gave something else a try... some kind of professional help. Maybe there is something I need to get out, though I don't know of anything. Especially if you're in the UK, who do you go to, how much does it cost? I joined these forums more than three years ago. I am being...

I've had a couple of people who've offered (separately and at different times) to meet me outside work. But I have nothing in common with them, and that seems to be a bigger problem than I expected. I did end up going out with one of them once, and just thinking about it makes me feel extremely...

Basically someone I used to know at work put me in touch with a guy who invited me to spend some time with him and three other mates on Friday. I don't know how I managed to do it, but I did. I was going to go into town with them but it got too late for me. I last went round to someone's place...

It seems that for most people, being with other people is the most important thing in the world. Well maybe not quite, but very high on the list, much higher than on mine. It also means that my tolerance for them is lower. I think this because most people love to sit around and talk to others...

Did anyone see this programme the other day? You can see it at BBC iPlayer - The Autistic Me if you're in the UK, unfortunately no way at the moment if you're somewhere else. It's worth a watch. I don't have it, but I did recognise some parts. The bits with the guy failing to fit in with other...

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I find it quite annoying how other people don't need to be perfect to be liked. For example, a friend might see them mess something up, or need to give them encouragement to do something, or someone might complain about their boy/girlfriend. But they let it go and still stay together. I don't...

When you try to define how things are, for example how people act, when you look in real life you'll find that not everyone will actually fit that image, right? Some will but some won't. Maybe you'll even find that most people have a diferent idea. Oh the diversity of life, hmph. So with the...

Another thread, sorry, I just don't want to mess up the old ones because I'm just going on about me. You're literally the only people I have to ask, I'm sorry if I'm going on too much :( I suppose at the moment my goal is to go to a club (as in night I guess) somewhere. I think I might like it...

It's hard but is it the key to everything? Is all the talking about meaningless things actually surprisingly important in letting people about you?

...to get someone to meet up with you at the weekend? I've tried SO many times, and this week it's happened yet again. This time I've been talking to a guy who actually seems semi-interested for some reason about having a quick drink on Saturday, as mates. I thought I would finally get a chance...