I Hate my job!! !!1

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I can't stand anybody at all anymore. I feel like my head is going to explode whenever anyone talks to me or accosts me in any way. I hate it when people are especially nice and solicitous towards me, and when anyone tries to make casual conversation. I am stuck on a shuttle to and from work for 1 hr a day and when people talk it sounds like nails on a chalkboard. My bosses call me all the time and try to pressure me into performing "extra duty", and working overtime. My job has recently gotten new management and has begun making the workplace alot more "group focused", and is placing alot of emphasis on teamwork. They have started to implement mandatory social functions one weekend a month that last all day and are a requirement to attend. They have assigned me a "partner", who I have to sit next to all day, and who is supposed to call me in the morning to make sure I wake up and who I am required to eat lunch with. They call me about every 15 minutes, so I've tossed my cell phone into a creek. They do nothing but pressure me endlessly. Fortunately I'll be leaving soon and moving back home. My mother(who knows I have Aspergers), is telling me if I can't pull things together she'll have to put me in an institution.

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That sounds like a very unusual workplace. What is your job?

I wondered that myself. I also wish I could give some helpful advice here.

army... ugh

Hmm, Army, that's a tough one. Are you allowed to wear headphones, read, or nap in the shuttle? You might be able to drown out the talking a little with one of those strategies. I've found that having "scripts" really helps with the small talk thing - memorize the most common greetings and have a polite response that cuts off conversation. I don't know what to say about the partner thing or the weekend social meetings - those sound like they'd be hell even for NTs. Hang in there - like you said, you'll be out soon. And I think you'll find that once you're away from constant stress and socialization, you'll find it much easier to "pull things together".