u/Background_Fudge_798

I didn't want to mention being autistic but here we are, I am someone with autism who finds it hard to make friends, to go to groups, to do things which people make out to be solo tasks.

I tried to speak to professionals they don't care that I don't have any friends let alone anyone who I can turn too and I didn't expect the "go see a professional" bs to be here in the uk with a shockingly bad mental healthy service with how the NHS is who don't care until you do something physically bad to yourself.

Professionals also think these places of supportive living like ryde house, elite careplus, etc are magical places where they care for the people they look after when reality is they don't I've had my fair share of experiences.

They too don't care that I have zero friends or that I have literally no one to turn too.

They are more than happy to collect the money they get from the council then actually helping.

I don't understand why it is so difficult to find someone genuine and that most peoples response to a post like this is to "join a group" without giving it a hard think as to why someone would ask this question like "oh just join a group with similar interests that'll do the trick"

Making friends on the island is a nightmare and I hate my parents for even brining me down here as they don't care if I am friendless or not, I stupidly was friends with a drug addict/shoplifter for the past 3 months and all they did was take advantage of me and my money, food, etc.

So how does one make a genuine friendship on the island when one is very much not able to do things like going to groups where it'll be obvious for the first few times of going everyone will only interact with people they know and no one will make an attempt to interact with the new person no matter how many times you go.

Also very tired of being used.

Plus trying to get into certain groups like breakout youth and aim having to jump through hurdles just to get in, understand that it's a form of safeguarding. But while they take their sweet time, I'm left alone with no form of verbal interaction.