All people on the spectrum want to be alone?

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Yep, i like to be alone. Though it's nice to be around someone at least once a day.

By the way this blog post about Autreat by a friend of mine is probably relevant to this thread.

Touching on a nerve here, having enjoyed living solo more than with others.

Yes, prefer to be alone. Yes, enjoy being around people, especially those who like me around -- not those who want me to be like them. Had lots of roomies over the years, most seemed like more trouble than worth. Had a girlfriend/fiance/wife, lived with her from May 2001-August 2007, Aspie-ness a primary reason it didn't work.

Un-DXed, but went to therapy for many years as a child, mostly to the tune of "what a smart-a-- jerk". Finally realize that AS describes 95% of problems with authority figures, parents, and peers. Wish it had been known 20 years ago, would have saved lots of trouble and hardship, all bridge underwise with the water.

I can't stand being alone.. At the same time I can't stand being around a lot of people.. I can't stand being around people who don't take me for me. And not the face value me.. Who I really am when I'm finally comfortable. Yeah, I come off as shy and subservient (I really do in real life) and "helpless" (for lack of a better word), but so many people don't even try to get past the initial appearance. And yeah, new situations overwhelm me.. But I have found over the years that I need to sit in this situations (not interact) before I'm ever comfortable (rarely does this happen).

I'm glad I found someone sorta like me.. Where I have tons of focus, he has barely any (lolAS with lolADHD)... Where I worry, he's comforting (because he never was as a child).. When I'm tired of interaction, he usually is too (guess it must be just as hard for him with ADHD to always act collected).. And we have two kids who also get tired of constant interaction.. So we can generally coincide in the same place without driving each other cuckoo.

So really what I'm saying is.. I can't stand to be alone.. But that doesn't mean I always want to interact.

Everybody needs their alone time and their together time. And its no different for us, except that we learn to make the most out of our alone time since the latter can be a strain.

Hodor likes being alone, hates being lonely. Hodor also sometimes refers to himself in the third person.

Since I completely fail at social interaction, I've built my life around avoiding much contact with many people outside the family. It's bad, and it doesn't do me any good, but I don't have anything in common with anyone, so part of the package of being alone most of the time means that I'm also lonely most of the time. But I'm not complaining, it's my choice to avoid contact with other people.

I do. Whenever unfamialir people start gabbing to me about their kids and their social life I think: "Get away from me you freakin' creep!" I've actualy called them the nastiest things I can think of to make them go away too. I want to get a big scary animal like a tiger or mountaion lion to keep people at bay. My dogs and cat are the only company I need. Go away!

Sometimes I prefer being alone, other times I'd like to be around people. more. Another affect of being around other people, is something that varies: sometimes having people be near me helps me to get things done, but usually only if they're prompting me along the way.

Other times, having someone in the same house as me can be tremendously distracting, and having anyone in my eyesight will be stressful (particularly in evenings at home, when I'd just been alone for a few hours).

I like to be alone when working and concentrating on something, sometimes I wish to stay alone in my room like an animal hiding in a lair. But I can't stay for a long time without my family and my boyfriend and I'm really scared to stay lonely in my old age (if I'll reach it, of course).

I live alone and have little human contact. I talk to people maybe 2 or 3 times per month. Don't wish to be alone, just don't know how to interact with people. Get depressed sometimes because of this.

Generally speaking, yes.. I'm not so sure about it anymore though. I've isolated myself for so long (though I've maintained a few friends and relationships) that I'm just used to it, I'm not accustomed to being around people on a regular basis. I need a lot of alone time to "recharge" and think, BUT if I'm not careful--if I isolate myself too much I start losing my mind a little. At the same time I can't force myself into going out and being around people, because that can sometimes end up badly, with me just withdrawing even more. It's tiring trying to maintain the right balance.
If I met people that were more like myself and understood me, then maybe this wouldn't be an issue..But these people are rare and when I do find them, they end up leaving/disappearing.

It would be interesting to know if it would be easier socializing with other aspies than with NTs, so it became easier to be around people?

As for me, I like being alone and enjoy my own company. Eg. I may walk around in the city for a whole Sunday afternoon without getting bored. But I enjoy other people's company too.

I've realised recently that what has fed my addiction to WP
is the tantalising potential of actual engagement
in a one to one, face to face, conversational dialogue
with ppl who match my interests and abilies.

Dr Tony Attwood says : "NT's social requirements are like a bucket
that has a hole in it; no matter how much it is topped up, it can never be full.
'We' on the other hand, have social requirements the size of a small cup.
When it's full, it's full!
"No more! I've had enough, please stop""