Are you lonely? I am.

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Wow. I looked away and looked back and there were all these messages! Thank you all so much. It does help to read them, and even just to know that there are people who understand and care.

It also makes me wonder if any of you have the experience of doing well enough socially to be ok, feeling pretty steady with things, clear and focused... And then hit an unexpected social challenge that throws you altogether off the boat for a while. Like maybe a day, or perhaps a week or two, of feeling confused, depressed, disoriented, off your game - just in response to that one emotional event. I'm guessing that's not uncommon, but I think I just need to hear it from some live folks out there, 'cause I get way more thrown that any of my NT friends seem to. Life can be a real lifeboat experience at times...

By the way, is there a way to write someone directly, rather than through a thread? I can't seem to find one....

Yes, after many years of recovering from a divorce, I was finally making good progress on several fronts. Then, I was woken up by chainsaws taking out my power for three days, and the noise hit at exactly the wrong moment in my sleep cycle, so only parts of my brain woke up. I had severe amnesia for two weeks, and had to leave the province. I still have PTSD from that severely limiting my options. My life has gone through a major upheaval about every seven years.

I know the feeling. Mates only ring me up when everyone else is busy ie the popular crowd.