When all alone does inertia take over?

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Most of the time I only listen to the radio, which merely requires moving a switch... what's the point of doing anything else when alone?

Inertia, what a killer. I agree completely. And I get frustrated with myself - I have plenty of interests that I could be pursuing, reading about interesting topics I could be doing, teaching myself new things off YouTube, finally getting some exercise which I keep saying I'll do, going places and doing things - but often if I'm alone for an extended time I find I just end up endlessly obsessing about the same handful of issues, over and over, like a rat in a wheel. The potential for distraction is not enough. I think being with others gets you out of your own head, gets you to think about another's perspective - both of which can be hard for autistics. Its just the same old chestnut of finding people you can be with, then.

Hm, I'll admit, I always have a hard time understanding this type of viewpoint.

When other people are around, typically I want them to go away. Or if they wont, I'll just leave. I'll occaisionally spend time with friends, but it's only one at a time, usually for about an hour, once in a week. I've so few interests in common with anyone I know that there's very little to do, I get bored very fast, and I dont care about most subjects of conversation to begin with.

Not to mention being on a nocturnal schedule partly just so that I dont have to deal with anyone much. I cant stand the day time.

Definitely have a hard time understanding the need to be part of a group or to fit in.

I'm curious though, what do you mean by "inertia" in this context?

I have this thing that when I'm alone a lot - there are a lot of things I could do, but I forget that they exist. Is that what you mean by inertia?

Please excuse me for asking the obvious...have you recently been diagnosed with clinical depression?

I can feel like this when I'm depressed or extremely stressed but otherwise I'm a bundle of energy.

I don't have forgetfulness, but there's a lot of things that people would do differently if they were constantly alone... most people, like subatomic particles, only seem to do things when observed, but most times I wonder why I should do anything at all except listen to talk radio (the minimum against simple boredom). It could be that the news is too depressing.

I too constantly have to fight inertia. It sucks. It's not depression either. I've been this way my whole life, whether depressed or not.