>>2418834I've had to come to terms with the fact that the people I've known have better things to do than reconnect with me.
You should feel optimistic that once you step into a new stage of your life and meet new people, you'll be a blank slate and you can reinvent yourself without the fear of your past having an effect on your reputation.
Modify your personality and see which people are hits and which are misses! Throw your failures in the trash can and gravitate towards anything that has a hint of success.
If you fuck up with someone, it's just like losing a game. You can't win the match after its over, you just have to play again and prove yourself to a new audience.
Autism vastly increases the amount of mistakes I make in life, so I have learned to get into a closer embrace with the philosophy of trial and error than other people.
Just go fucking try. When someone knows nothing about you, there's no pressure, just present yourself like someone you'd want to be friends with.
