I’m likely on a yet another burnout cycle, and I have little to no possibility of meeting with people thanks to the place I live. I also have trouble with socializing in general, even in online spaces.
Since my current job I don’t make enough to move or to live alone, and the only better place would cost me more than the Hungarian minimum wage (of which I make less than thanks to labor programs 🤢), I cannot really change this, also would only marginally help me since I always had issues with socializing.
I’m in a similar situation…I’m not sure I have much advice for you, but I can certainly relate to this and the feeling sucks. Plus now the shape of what online communities look like are rapidly changing, which I think makes it harder for everyone, but especially neurodivergent people. That being said, I don’t think that ND people and especially autistic people were well served by most of the dominant platforms of the past several years anyways, so I’m hopeful that things will eventually turn out for the better, but there’s also the possibility that things could get much worse.
I think that podcasts have been helping a little. That and finding a new hobby (albeit not a social one). But some days are still really hard.