Anonymous #3 3w

Same! I am autistic and talking to ppl is rlly hard for me, yet I find myself almost always having to be the one to start conversations with people. It’s rlly concerning

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Anonymous #6 3w

So what i’m hearing is you live alone LOL

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Anonymous #6 3w

omg that is so brutal

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Anonymous #6 3w

they could at least TRY to be your friend, damn. I’m sorry abt that

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Anonymous #8 3w

This is me rn

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Anonymous #6 3w

Same with my roommates too 😭 for me they come across like they REALLY wanted to have a double room but got stuck with a triple instead. It’s so awkward bc they still keep treating the room like it’s a double and not a triple 🫩🫩 they never acknowledge that I’m there, and when they do it’s just to turn and look at me and then go back to whatever they were doing before. I feel like I’m intruding on their dorm even though it’s supposed to be shared amongst the 3 of us 🙁🫩

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Anonymous #11 3w

I really wish I had gotten a double or applied for a single now but it’s too late to do anything about it plus I can’t afford the cost increase. They act like I don’t exist at all, and when they do they act like I’m just inconvenience being there. ATP I’m considering just bringing my own fridge/microwave to use for myself since they clearly don’t want to share the space at all

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Anonymous #4 3w

Same it’s so uncomfortable. Autistic and have adhd too so it makes it really difficult for me to start talking at all, yet I feel like the only one going out of my way to start a basic conversation or question.. especially with people who IK don’t have anything similar to these conditions either which is even weirder imo

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Anonymous #11 3w

Like we’re literally handicapped socially yet we’re carrying the social sphere. It’s like if a person with asthma had to breathe for everybody

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Anonymous #4 3w

i was thinking the same thing but didn’t know how to word it 😭 like how is it that i - the one who had to mask myself my whole life - am leading a convo to fill the silence in a room… like soon enough i feel like the rolls will completely reverse on us

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Anonymous #6 3w

I’m literally in the same exact situation. I choose random and got placed with them 😭

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Anonymous #5 3w

Lmao real except my roommate likes to turn the AC to 63° when she thinks I’m asleep 😃

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Anonymous #15 3w

And my mental health is deteriorating bc I’m so alone and idk what to do.

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Anonymous #13 3w

I had a group that I wanted to be put with but they completely disregarded it because they accepted so many freshmen and there wasn’t room for us to be put together the girls I got put with are all cheerleaders so I guess they are higher priority or something I just wanted to share a dorm with my friends 😭

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Anonymous #4 3w

Real I thought we were “supposed to find our friends for life in college” but every convo I have to start, they either look bothered, don’t continue the convo/ ignore me. I try to join clubs but they barely meet and I also get ignored. I go out and get ignored. I try to talk in class but they don’t put in effort back. I’ve given up honestly.

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Anonymous #6 3w

Same it sucks so much I feel like I can’t be in the room or with them without invading their space and time

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Anonymous #17 3w

Yes I’m either in my room or out of the dorm even when I go to get something to eat it’s so awkward but them ignoring me makes it less awkward I guess 😭

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Anonymous #14 3w

Same. Then i wake up so fucking cold that i can’t even leave my bed. We don’t live in alaska bitch

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Anonymous #5 3w

Basically 😭 and Ive come back from work or class just to see random men in the main room it’s awful

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Anonymous #4 3w

i’m so glad i’m not the only one that has noticed this! sometimes i swear i’m the most social person in the room. i think our generation is so stunted socially because of social media, but because autistic people literally have had to manually learn how to communicate in social situations our entire lives that now we are becoming better communicators than many neurotypicals!

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Anonymous #19 3w

You put it perfectly! It’s so fucking frustrating. I feel like a majority of people now lack manners, kindness, and common decency. Like for instance when someone holds a door open for you, you say thank you! It’s not hard!! The amount of people who just ignore me when I hold the door is insane. Makes me just want to stop trying all together omg.

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Anonymous #16 3w

THIS THIS THIS I am doing my damndest to make friends and people are so damn closed off and judgmental. I just gave up after sophomore year too. And don’t even get me started on clubs never meeting. And when they do meet, it’s always when I’m either in class or at work.

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