>>17118955
Fucked-up guy here (not autism, mystery brain dysfunction diagnosed as 6+ different psychatric disorders). I really do understand.
Some of my best friends (some of my only friends) growing up were autistic. Always felt like I could communicate better with you guys than with "normal" people, never noticed anything wrong (only learned those guys were autistic from teachers, parents, etc). I just thought they were weird. And I was weird too.

So you don't have to be alone, you can find friends who you can understand and connect with. Rare, but great when it happens.

Though yeah, you'll probably never really "fit in", especially if you're high-functioning and move into career paths full of people you can't connect with at all. For example, I decided to go into medicine, and everyone else in the field seems to be extremely normal, happy, and well-adjusted, with great social skills. Making friends is hopeless and I gave up long ago, I can barely hold a conversation with my fellow students. So I stay silent and keep to myself. It's lonely as fuck but I don't have much of a choice.

Trying to act normal and fit in isn't worth it, imho. First of all because it simply doesn't work, no matter how hard you try (and i've tried very fucking hard). And second, because it puts unreasonable stress on you to keep up the act, and that stress is awful for your mental and physical health in the long term.

Thankfully we at least have 4chan to fulfill a little bit of our need for social interaction. Sharing feels takes the edge off the loneliness.

>>17119026
I've made friends in the past, people who I've trusted, and people who left in the end.
I'm really scared of being alone and losing all of who I love.
Most of all, I don't know if they even care, or if they miss me.

I have one person tho. My best friend of the past 5 years, I'm not sure if one person is enough, but he's all I have.

>>17118955
I MADE THIS WALLPAPER!!!!!

>>17118955
You may be thinking like this at the moment, but I hope it will change, like it did for me. I was an anxious escapist plugged to video games. Then I tried to change myself to fit the standards of society. Two years later I still don't fit into their standards, but I don't give much fucks about that any more.
Yes, I think differently and most people don't click with me. But without this different way of thinking I wouldn't made some personal discoveries that made ma a lot happier and less anxious.

Every person with autism is different. I think it's a good idea to got to understand yourself, your strengths and weaknesses. From there you can start making choices that are more aligned with your personality.

Do things that make you give less shit about what other people think about you. Improv, mindfulness, dancing and laughter yoga are good choices.

You will meet people who "get you". Most of the time they will be on the spectrum to some degree as well.

God, this made me so frustrated. Why isn't there a website for connecting autistic people yet? Or why there is, but people don't use it?

>>17119453
Actually, I made it. Way to take credit for another artists work, fag.

>>17119453
>>17119486
So many liars on /adv/ I made it. You both need to stop lying

>>17119523
>>17119453
>>17119486
OP here, I made it for this post, stop claiming my work on my thread.

All trolling in this thread so far aside, I'll be honest and say that I actually do not understand. Would you care to elaborate on these situations?

What is a typical situation where you can't "act normal", what are you thinking/feeling at the time?

I'll give you one quick answer, though: Is it worth trying to act normal? No. Everyone is weird, some just hide it better. Try to focus on what is actually good for you, not what is bad for you.