MacGyverAspie
Snowy Owl
Joined: Dec 27, 2011
Age: 26
Posts: 171
Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Radiofixr wrote: | | I did and the other aspie didn't really care how I felt about it-goes with the territory I know-and just offered advice on how to do things by myself more-there is more to the story thats quite involved. |
I still face the challenge of finding a friend. I just want to be understood by people, I mean there are nice people in the world it's just that you have to find them and it's finding them thats hard. Guess I have to keep trying I suppose. |
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namaste
Enigmatic Charismatically Odd
Joined: Apr 15, 2011
Posts: 1841
Location: Hindustan
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:13 am Post subject: |
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maybe u can learn counselling and set up a shop
lot of depressed lonely people walk in and they need someone to talk to or listen to them
you can be friends with them and forget ur own loneliness that way |
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MacGyverAspie
Snowy Owl
Joined: Dec 27, 2011
Age: 26
Posts: 171
Location: Connecticut, USA
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| namaste wrote: | maybe u can learn counselling and set up a shop
lot of depressed lonely people walk in and they need someone to talk to or listen to them
you can be friends with them and forget ur own loneliness that way |
Seems like a cool idea, kind of like Lucy in Peanuts with her counseling stand and people go up to her for advice and stuff. |
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namaste
Enigmatic Charismatically Odd
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Posts: 1841
Location: Hindustan
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| MacGyverAspie wrote: | | namaste wrote: | maybe u can learn counselling and set up a shop
lot of depressed lonely people walk in and they need someone to talk to or listen to them
you can be friends with them and forget ur own loneliness that way |
Seems like a cool idea, kind of like Lucy in Peanuts with her counseling stand and people go up to her for advice and stuff. |
Try it then |
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chessimprov
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Joined: Jun 12, 2010
Posts: 291
Location: Philly
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| MacGyverAspie wrote: |
Oh wow that is weird. Maybe this other person hasn't hung out with that many people before. It's better to share your life with someone than having to share it with yourself. I would get upset if a person told me that. |
This situation and comments were taken way out of context. The person who made that suggestion of "being on your own" did not say to isolate yourself from others completely. The interpretation was supposed to be to have more opinions and likes, and to try to open yourself to new experiences in the world and not keep to clumped up in one mold. If you follow a person's interests too much, that's okay if you are willing to go along with everything they like and do. But, many people can't truly hold to that 100%, and if you don't open up or communicate so that the friendship(s) is/are two way, you will not be able to be happy in the friendship.
There's risk and stress in whatever you do. The best thing to do is try not to be too afraid of changes or mistakes, try to learn from them, and it's okay to take breathers and look for space when you need it- just don't make it an ultimatum. |
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