Problems I'm trying to solve...

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Okay, ever since I've stepped into High School, I have been facing problems I'm trying to solve but is stressing me out.

1. Serious face. When my family and sometimes people tell me I have a serious face instead of a neutral face, it really drives me up the wall sometimes because I'm always told that I have that problem when it comes to me trying to socialize with others in reality.

2. Unnoticed/Ignored. The more I try to speak to people in a group or somebody about a subject or topic they're speaking about, they treat me like I'm nonexistent. So when I try to speak a little louder, they continue to ignore me or not notice me. I more often try to get into groups in reality but every time I try hard I become eager to find out why I'm always being unnoticed.

Does anybody have the same problem?

I've had this problem for 67 years! I learned long ago that it is best for me to simply avoid groups of any sort. This invokes the if it hurts, don't do that philosophy! This is a problem that I have never been able to overcome, even after all these years. And in those rare occasions when I am able to state my opinion, it always seems that it is ignored and I am treated as if I were some sort of a nut-case. I believe that this is usually because I have spent a great deal of time working on various issues mentally and those replies that I do manage to give are simply too far beyond other's (NT's) abilities to grasp. This is especially so with regard to philosophy, politics, and spirituality. And my stance on morality, ethics and justice is something that most people simply refuse to discuss whenever I am able to refer to them. Sigh!

If it were possible, I would be a hermit living high up on a mountain in a cave. Isolation is the answer. The only answer. I practice avoidance whenever possible.

my situation wasn't that different from AspieWolf. If the world allowed it, I would have been a hermit in a cave in the mountains (provided it had internet access.)

In real life, though, I could never handle groups. For so many reasons. I can't stand the feeling of being ignored when I am too quiet, and can't stand being ignored (or shushed) if I get too loud or extroverted. I always seem to say or do the wrong thing, so even if the group acknowledged me, I end up feeling really bad for days in hindsight, which is a problem. Not worth the emotional hassle of second-guessing people when I just want to fit in or be nice.

I often found that I could relate to one person at a time ok, and have built my sparse friends scattered across the country (and eventually a marriage) around that idea.

Two people at a time is not as easy. I find that I relate to people slightly differently, depending on the person, and trying to juggle that with more than one person at a time seems to drain a lot of energy.

The best success I have had with groups is if it is doing an activity (i.e. trivia night, that we used to have with a group of people from work.) In that setting, under the umbrella of 'doing something' the chatting is different, and the socialization can be focused on the event, so there is a harbor of sorts. That allowed me to build some other friendships (maybe not deep ones, but I have a hard time letting most people get anywhere near to me, so, for me that's progress.)