Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
Go to Therapy if you arent already.

Sorry if this comes off as blunt, but yeah, you might need to see a specialist if you have a hard time interacting with other people and getting social cues. Part of this could be autism, I can understand that, but some of this (by your post alone) doesnt seem like it's the whole picture. It comes across as "Im different, I refuse to change, so the world needs to change for me." A variance of this is the "Im me, and its everyone elses fault why I have trouble getting along with people." You come across as bitter and refusing to work on adjusting yourself and meeting people half way. It's semi self inflicted. If you want to have relations with people and society at large, then you will have to learn some level of social cues and norms. You will have to work on changing yourself to some extent if you want more meaningful interactions with people at large. That isnt easy. But nothing rewarding in life ever is. Im not saying "Work on yourself to get rid of autism", but you need to learn social cues and norms and how to interact with people, which therapy can help with. If you refuse to change yourself, and use your Autism as the reason you cant change, then you probably will just end up being even more bitter and resentful long term.
Exactly. I have autism myself (as previously mentioned). And I'm useless at the social skills. But, I go to classes and receive one to one support designed to help me learn. Right now, my support worker is helping me to learn the more subtle cues of when a relationship is dead in the water, allowing me to get out quicker and with less heartbreak. We'll probably also end up teaching me how to deal with social situations and friendships. All in all, trying to push me forward. Am I always going to struggle? Yes. But, I can learn frameworks to get most situations understood.