PODCAST DESCRIPTION

Hi, everyone! Welcome back to another episode from "The Autism Experience".

In this episode, I talk about how I prefer to have a small amount of quality friendships over an abundance of fun, but shallow interactions; I relate this thought to my sensory needs as I personally struggle with keeping track of multiple friendships and maintaining them.

In addition, I relate these themes to how society sometimes has an obsession with avoiding loneliness and why loneliness (in reasonable amount) is helpful to me. While being single seems frightening, I find that it gives people the opportunity to focus on personal joy and self-development more - key aspects of life from which the steps to better friendships, personal happiness, and so on are possible.

It's a hard pill to swallow for sure, but it's one that reminds us that there's more to life than just relationships and that we can still be happy, even if we're alone.

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RELEVANT LINKS

  • ARTICLE I WROTE FOR "EMBRACING SPECIAL NEEDS": The Narratives We Tell Ourselves

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