Question
Hi I'm new but I was wondering what some of you do in relation to friends.
I find I cut ties easily with people, very close friends included, and move on without a problem. Probably until college, I had entirely new friends each year, and never thought twice about it. The thing is I didn't consciously decided "I'm going to make new friends and stop hanging out with my old friends." It kind of just happened.
Since college I've had the same small group of friends but now I find I don't want to be friends with them. They aren't bad people but I just don't care to be friends with them anymore. Since cutting ties isn't difficult for me to do I'm finding its relatively easy for me to end friendships that spanned 6 to 7 years.
I just find that I don't relate to them at all. Plus to me they seem to constantly complain about little insignificant things. Oh and they're always acting on instinct and emotions which over the years has gotten old to me. I don't get why they do the majority of the things they do.
I was wondering if anyone of you have had experiences like this? I mean my family has told me before this isn't normal or healthy. They keep telling me I'll be lonely but thats the thing. I like being alone and I don't relate to my group of friends at all so its not like I'm not alone. You can stand in a room full of strangers and be alone and thats what it feels like right now.
Oh I should point out since I was 8 I've told my parents that I was different from everyone else around me. I didn't relate to my peers and had no interest in participating in their social activities (for lack of interest). I had numerous tests done on me over the years with all of them coming back saying I'm fine... just different.
When I was 21 I was given this broad test and AS came up as a possibility but the doctor shot that down because I was a successful college student living on my own. Then at the age of 23, my father told me he was diagnosed with AS and that his psychologist wanted to meet me. After we met, I got tested for AS, and well here I am.
So now I'm curious as to if this is just something with me or if other people here have had similar experiences. Do anyone of you find that keeping in touch with close friends is difficult or even relating to them is near impossible? Do you cut ties with people easily and move on without second guessing it?
I find I cut ties easily with people, very close friends included, and move on without a problem. Probably until college, I had entirely new friends each year, and never thought twice about it. The thing is I didn't consciously decided "I'm going to make new friends and stop hanging out with my old friends." It kind of just happened.
Since college I've had the same small group of friends but now I find I don't want to be friends with them. They aren't bad people but I just don't care to be friends with them anymore. Since cutting ties isn't difficult for me to do I'm finding its relatively easy for me to end friendships that spanned 6 to 7 years.
I just find that I don't relate to them at all. Plus to me they seem to constantly complain about little insignificant things. Oh and they're always acting on instinct and emotions which over the years has gotten old to me. I don't get why they do the majority of the things they do.
I was wondering if anyone of you have had experiences like this? I mean my family has told me before this isn't normal or healthy. They keep telling me I'll be lonely but thats the thing. I like being alone and I don't relate to my group of friends at all so its not like I'm not alone. You can stand in a room full of strangers and be alone and thats what it feels like right now.
Oh I should point out since I was 8 I've told my parents that I was different from everyone else around me. I didn't relate to my peers and had no interest in participating in their social activities (for lack of interest). I had numerous tests done on me over the years with all of them coming back saying I'm fine... just different.
When I was 21 I was given this broad test and AS came up as a possibility but the doctor shot that down because I was a successful college student living on my own. Then at the age of 23, my father told me he was diagnosed with AS and that his psychologist wanted to meet me. After we met, I got tested for AS, and well here I am.
So now I'm curious as to if this is just something with me or if other people here have had similar experiences. Do anyone of you find that keeping in touch with close friends is difficult or even relating to them is near impossible? Do you cut ties with people easily and move on without second guessing it?