Readydaer wrote:
Recidivist wrote:
Readydaer wrote:
man what the heck is the point of posting 'what's on your mind right now' if no one reacts to it? is it just to document thoughts and feelings? I came here to connect, not journal...
Connections take time, sometimes even longer if you are autistic. You definitely won’t connect if you complain about not connecting (then again). Do you have any friends here? Or do you expect random strangers to be interested in your thought processes. You are still relatively new , give it time.
1. That's a good point. However, it feels awkward to just pm someone with 'hey wanna be friends'
2. I'm not sure what constitutes a friendship
3. ...now that i think about it, yes. My most recent school friendship came about from being clocked as trans by another trans person, and that's at least how it works on Discord as far as I know, but besides that, I don't really belong anywhere so I wouldn't know.
1. Oooh! Yes very awkward and may even have the opposite effect you want. Some autistic people are resistant to change and a new friend is change ( something to think about and realise it's not personal)
2. Friendship have lots of definitions imo it can be whatever you want it to be especially on an anonymous forum.
3. If you are autistic and are seeking help you are in the right place.
4. Caveat: I don't want to scare you but not everyone here is friendly (the vast majority of members are) , some members don't want friends, some members are only intent on manipulation, be very careful about PM'ing someone as this is private and out of the view of members/admin/mods who can't protect you. A lot of members here are Trans allies but not all and it may not be apparent.
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