A friend of mine for around 4-5 years at this point has randomly started ghosting me completely over the past month or so… I know they’ve seen my messages and I know that they’re also autistic so they’d know I probably wouldn’t get it and I saw no signs of the friendship having any problems and yet they’ve just suddenly stopped and I have no idea what I did wrong…

Why is being a functioning social creature so damn hard?

  • @contextual_somebody
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    291 year ago

    They could be dealing with depression or something. It might not be about you at all. I try to not make assumptions.

    • GVasco
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      101 year ago

      This! I’m not great at replying to texts, from feeling depressed to demand avoidance, sometimes it’s hard when you réel there are toi many expectations. Maybe try sending an open ended message without any questions, juste saying you hope he’s alright and that he can message you if he wants to talk or wants some company.

    • @AstrealixOP
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      41 year ago

      Yeah that’s one possibility I considered and tbh is probably most likely given like, I don’t think I did anything wrong? But I’d hope not, would definitely rather I made a mistake…