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justpassingthrough

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Married. Childfree. Retired. Beadweaver. Painter.
Vegetarian. Autistic. Former vocalist and local radio deejay. Chronic blocker of rudeness. Profile Pic: an Animal Crossing avatar of a middle-aged woman with gray eyes, brown-framed glasses & long brown hair done up in tails, wearing a straw hat, tied white shirt, and an explorer backpack. A parakeet sits on her hand. Header:
A blooming pink sacred lotus blossom surrounded by big, green, floppy lotus leaves. Located on South Korea's west coast.

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ashleyspencer , to actuallyautistic
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Touch is my biggest autistic sensory sensitivity and never being touched by another human being is a dream come true. Kitty affection is all I can handle. Being "touch starved" is such a foreign concept to me.

Do you like touch? or are you touch averse too?

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@ashleyspencer @actuallyautistic Touch for me is nuanced. I love physical touch & affection and thrive when it's plentiful. What bothers me are textures like fur, polyester, metal, etc. I have a lot of skin-related allergies, like nickel, lanolin, latex, cucurbit juice, banana oil, etc etc. Also when my neuralgia is bad, weight on my skin (like a heavy coat or even the weight of my clothes) I can feel excruciating pain.

alltagmitpsyche , to actuallyautistic German
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I'm looking for insights around social exhaustion. Maybe someone has been in similar situation or knows something wise to say?

So, I manage to keep up one close relationship in my life, it's the one to my partner. That takes up almost 100 % of my social energy, although we don't see each other often and I feel like I'm just giving them the bare minimum to keep the relationship alive.

I want and need more friends because relying only one person is risky and also a ...

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justpassingthrough ,
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@alltagmitpsyche @actuallyautistic I'm in a similar situation. It's very true that relying too much on one person to fill your social (etc) needs IS detrimental to the relationship. Therapy helped me out a lot, though I know I need to put myself out there more. I throw my all into my online relationships. As an immigrant moving to different countries, online relationships are all I have aside from my partner. Social distancing from covid made everything worse.

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