Is it normal to think...

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...that you're the only autistic person in the world? For example I'm here right now and I can make an effort to understand what others are writing and relate to it (i.e. cognitively reach the conclusion that I experienced similar events and feelings) but give it some time and I barely feel the same way anymore, forgetting there are others currently experiencing some of the same problems as me right at this very instant.

I guess I kind of used to be like that, before I joined the forum or more importantly, met autistics in real life.

The feeling of finally speaking to people who understood, both online and offline, was great for a little while, but recently I've felt just as alien at the autistic meet-ups, and even right here on Wrong Planet, as I normally do in daily life.
I know I'm not the only one with some of these issues, heck, I even know some people have it worse than I, but at the same time I have trouble connecting.

Your description reminds me of my first day here. "Oh that's fantastic, everybody is just like me" and then later "Oh wait, how do we talk, this isn't working".