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Social Stuff, Autism 

I wanna re-engage with stuff socially. Mostly online.. Partially here; I'm fabulously awkward at it, and have been very withdrawn the past few (months, years).

Irl is more.. Complicated. Being around people is exhausting unless it's 1:1 and they're people I know well. And even then, it can vary. Groups are exhausting, and tend to be in crowded, noisy, generally me-hostile spaces.

(They're also mostly people I don't have anything in common with..)

This was okay when I had a few close friends nearby, but that's dwindled as people move about or drift apart, and I haven't been able to create new friendships like that.

I'm mostly fine being on my own irl? But not entirely/exclusively.

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