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Recent content by Captain

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    What Type Of Social Situation Do You Prefer?

    I like having two other people, at least one of which I know very well.
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    Autism & Empathy

    As a child/young adolescent I was extremely empathetic for particular things, especially animals (the slightest bit of animal cruelty, down to killing a spider, would kill me) or something bad happening to my mother, I couldn't handle that. Over the past few years I've learned to switch that...
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    Advice please on how to stop ruminating daily about social defects

    I have the exact same problem ! It makes me feel like I'm going insane sometimes. The advice here is great. I agree that distraction is great; anything works for me really, I generally just watch videos or so when I'm to tired for anything else. It's worst for me when I try to fall asleep...
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    Friends/loneliness

    Thanks for all the advice guys. Water solves all problems ^-^
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    Friends/loneliness

    Hiya I've spent the last few years stumbling about in a kind of exhausted stupor; finally got my diagnosis a year ago. I always thought it was my fault for not having friends, because I barely got out of the house. Now I've started uni; and I've been making a conscious effort to socialize...
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    Refrigerator Mother

    My parents are lovely and understanding; even throughout my "phase" of "acting out" just before I got diagnosed (in my teens). As I learn more about what other people's parents are like; I appreciate them more and more.
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