Quote Originally Posted by JackHatchet View Post
I get that friendships are two-way, but I can't always be the one to initiate conversation. Yet it always feels like that.
I can only speak for myself, whom I've self-diagnosed as having Aspergers. I'm fairly introverted and generally don't open up to strangers so I rarely, if ever initiate a conversation with people I don't know. I will do so if I know there's a common point of interest, say discussing an opinion about that Game of Thrones season, but if I don't even know if the stranger I'm with even knows about the show, I won't even try to initiate a conversation. Small talk is boring and pointless to me so I'd rather express my opinions, but I also know that's somewhat taboo when interacting with new people, so I just don't interact with new people. I know it's not healthy, but in general I just don't like being social. I know it's bad, but it's just what's natural for me.