Feeling Lonely and Depressed during the summer!

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This is really upsetting to me, but here goes another lost summer when everyone else is probably going out on vacation. Parties, Beach, Hiking, etc.. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here alone just thinking about it.. What can I do?

I luckily have a job or else I'd probably be suicidal. What am I doing wrong to get more phone numbers and buddies to hang out with so we can have beer or something? I feel like I'm missing out in life.

If this is how Aspergers is supposed to feel and live like then I don't know if I'll ever be happy.

I notice it's okay to be depressed if your life sucks and you don't have much contact. So part of me understands it's okay to feel this way.

It's gotten so bad that I actually now enjoy going to doctor's appointments. MVC office, places you'd normally think is boring just go get out of the house it's driving me nuts.

Volunteer for a political campaign. That will get you out of the house, and they can even be a little exciting.

Or do something else that involves other people. Join a church, or volunteer at a food pantry.

These are very humdrum suggestions, yet they do work for a lot of people.

I feel the same way about summer. I've even tried getting together with friends but it never works out. Pokemon Go has been a good thing though. It's gotten me out of the house and I made some new friends who actually live in my town.

Right now, I'm signed up to go to a picnic
where I don't even like some of the people.
Am considering canceling.

As for Bea Arthur,
she's got some good advice.

You're not that far from NYC.

You could take Jersey Transit, and go to museums, to parks, to movies, to plays, or just sit around near the Public Library and listen to classical music.

There are many things you could do in NYC on your own.

There's no venue, which caters to some niche interest, in such a big city?

I find that children and animals follow me around, just because I am moving or engaged in something. And, that anything I think, say, wear, or do, in public, is an ice-breaker, especially if I am walking a friendly-looking dog.

My great uncle flew kites on the beach, and had writings on it, in dozens of languages.

There are venues which cater to MANY niche interests in NYC.