All the lonely people

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Not exactly autism, but kinda ND and sort of explanatory for autism.

Lonely individuals process the world differently

I took this information to mean that being lonely altered how the brain processed information. I don't think there's anything that says that isn't the case, but there's another way of looking at the data. It could also be possible that people that see the world differently are often lonely. Does that sound familiar?

The part I see as crucial is that most lonely people experience the world in unique ways and so can't fully relate to others. On the other hand if you're non-lonely (possibly another way of saying neurotypical) you experience the world just like all other non-lonely (neurotypical) people.

That really gives me pause. As for myself, I have family and friends but even so, I can feel lonely when I can't figure out to relate a thought or feeling.

It's potentially a big revelation, which should be exciting if it didn't imply being doomed to loneliness.

I think I liked my first impression better.

I don't feel loneliness so I don't know.

I don't think loneliness is as cut and dried as that. Some neurotypicals can be lonely. Some have no choice, like the elderly.

I can relate to people but my flakiness and social awkwardness (behaviour-wise) can lead to loneliness.

I don't feel lonely when in a room full of people - unless they start talking about weed and alcohol, because I don't do those two things and in this culture if you don't drink or do weed then you're basically an alien.
Otherwise, I do feel like them (the neurotypicals).

I'm sure that they took that into account. If neurotypicals couldn't be lonely, we probably wouldn't have a word for it. I'm also not saying that I'm always lonely. It's people that frequently feel lonely.

The truest loneliness is when you had a friend and lost him and so you used to have to someone to share things to and you know they would like and you can't anymore, you can't share anything with them anymore