I Hate Group Therapies

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I usually go to a group therapy for this place for people with Aspergers. Normally, I do feel anxious about it, but then I do end up enjoying it. I don't feel completely out of place and socially, and I actually enjoy it.
I have to go to one group therapy a week for this place I go to, and I missed the Aspergers, and so I had to go to one of the other ones. Again, I feel like I may have upset someone, and then I got nervous and started rambling on about myself about about stuff that no one cares about and blaw.
If only we were all Aspies? Hehe.

I refuse to participate in most group therapies. I get angry very easily because no one interprets me correctly and I like to walk out, or be thrown out. The only kind of group therapy I'd even consider would be an Aspie one. Also I'd only participate if the session was not highly CBT focused. I'd rather go someplace to complain about how much life sucks with like minded people rather than be told my thinking process is flawed by some ret*d insensitive NTs.

They never worked for me either.

Group therapy with NTs = The feelings are unmutual (I think there's a book about AS called that)

I never understood why I was sent into these group therapies, when I finally asked i was told it was to improve my social skills..but..who said I wanted them improved?

I've never done group therapy. I was involved in a few sessions of therapy by private appointment for some issues in my life though. But group therapy? I don't think that I would like that at all. I do not like group work. I am a more private person. I am not afraid of people, it's just that I like my privacy in things like dealing with personal issues. I have come to the philosophy in my life that I am going to be the way I am...and that's that. If people don't like it, they don't have to be around me. My family understands me...and that's the important thing. I was professionally diagnosed almost three years ago to the day today with Asperger's, I went through some therapy, I researched a lot about Asperger's to learn more about it, and now here I am. I am currently satisfied with myself, and my family understands me better.

Group therapy sucks. Especially when it comes to Group in a psych hospital. The nurses force you to talk about your "issues" others can't relate to, but really, there's nothing more depressing than listening to a bunch of depressives whine and complain about how sh***y their lives are. It's even worse if you're the only Aspie in the group. Group might've been worthwhile if (1) there was at least a couple other autistics in the group, and (2) patients actually gave each other tips on how to deal with difficult situations instead of the session always turning into a who-has-the-worst-diagnoses argument.