sgrannel wrote:
It's counterintuitive. You'd expect to be happier with being around other people. I have very little interaction with other people who are not either family or people I work with. I have interest in little else but my work. When I tried socializing more, I found that other people reacted badly when I shared my interests and that I didn't develop the unspoken arrangements that other people had for their activities and relationships, and this made me depressed. I would talk about my work, so after some time I decided that maybe I should just spend more time at work, if that's where my thoughts really are. I would also go to dinners, and feel depressed. Now I don't do these things and I restrict my interaction to people and situations that are relevant to family and work related activities. The quantity of socializing went down, but the quality and relevance went up and now I don't get depressed anymore.
Yea I thought I'd be happier with sex, friends, and all that other junk. But I'm not. I like my time alone. And I like with classmates in class and family members like my two brothers. I do0n't like talking to too many more people. Unless it's a counselor. I also asperger support groups. But I dont really like socializing