I only came across this board a few days ago and it has already made me feel less alone reading others experiences. I am not yet diagnosed, but have only come to realise in the last year that I think I'm autistic. For me it would explain so much.
For my whole life I have struggled with friendship and especially female friendship groups. I'm a perfectly kind, caring and empathic person, always take an interest in people and their lives, but all my life I have been rejected, ridiculed and bullied. It has had a devastating impact on my self esteem. I see women around me go out for lunch or on walks with female friends and it makes me so sad because I have never had that.
Most of the time I try to be strong but there are days like today when it all really gets me down. Has anyone else experienced this kind of social rejection and how do you deal with it?