Like many other autistic and/or disabled people I will spend Christmas on my own and while I appreciate my alone time and the atmosphere and the silence of it, I know it can be difficult and hurtful.

So I would like to connect with other people who spend Christmas on their own or experience feelings of loneliness during these days, by interacting with this post.

That can be just leaving and receiving a virtual hug or telling each other about the gifts you received or gave yourself during the year, maybe share a piece of music, write about your favourite video game or any other special interest. You can do this in private mode (English or German), I know that interacting with groups can be difficult, impossible sometimes, but every now and then I write posts like this during a moment of bravery and I already found amazing online friends by doing so.

Let's support each other in a world that makes building connection so difficult and feelings of loneliness so common.

Boosts are very much appreciated. Thank you.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #disabled #ChronicallyIll #neurodivergent #MentalHealth

@KaCi I will not be alone, but I'll wish I was, at least for a bit. I have a partner of 25 years who is neurotypical, and two autistic, adult kids who still live with us. Since their birth, I've spent one night away from my family and I love solitude.
Having said this, I lived alone for a number of years and solitude can slowly change into loneliness and back. Merry Christmas.
#actuallyautistic
@NickSchwanck
I can imagine not having enough alone time is extremely difficult, because it's so important for self regulation and processing experiences. I wish you a merry Christmas too and hope you will have some time to decompress in between.