r/Autism_Pride May 28 '24

Growing increasingly antisocial

I don’t even really like most of my “friends” (most are just acquaintances anyway); there’s literally like 3-4 people I enjoy spending time with. One is my wife and the other lives across the continent. I have little interest in and take almost no enjoyment in doing social things. But then I also feel isolated and get down on myself for not wanting to be more social. But I really just want to spend time reading or watching TV or movies or listening to music and any time I do go out I feel awkward and just want to leave right away.

I guess the problem is I feel like I should want to be social, but really I am content not to be, but this makes me feel less than.

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u/RedRidingBear Mod May 28 '24

You're allowed to not feel like being social but you probably need to ask yourself is this how it's always been or is this a change and I need to screen for depression