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
Thanks for the invitation. I’m definitely alone. I moved to Ukraine to help, but I’m still struggling with the language. Even if I were back in my home country, I’d still be alone since I am excruciatingly sensitive to others’ energy. It’s exhausting. So I’m an introvert but a lonely one.

It’s really nice of you to reach out to others who might feel isolated. 💗

@Poindex76
That sounds like a difficult situation. I very much relate to being sensitive to other people's energy and the need for alone time, while sometimes feeling lonely. For that reason my online friends are so important to me 💖

@KaCi @Poindex76

I'm in the weird position of being someone who came up as an introvert bc of family & school social dynamics, only to discover in later life that I'm a voracious extrovert who thrives on social energy.

The problem is that my lifestyle is structured around aloneness and, on blance, people are just so damn exhausting 😂

It's a conundrum!