I have a question for people who use prostitutes. I'm middle aged and pretty much a shut-in...

look ... in my opinion what you suffer is depression ... and lay down with someone .. just make things worse, because when you leave, you will feel worse not only for this new solo but for having paid for the contato physical ... what I would recommend is that you try to talk more and more with people, in the street at work in the subway, where you see people just try to talk to many ... mentally collect new people to talk to

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They are a genuine lot. Honest that they have problems. A hooker will give you a hug because you paid them. If you turn up at an AA meeting you obviously have problems, just like the rest of us/them. They are people who acknowledge that they have demons and assume you have too. Genuine hugs and they will care in their own limited way. There is a lot of honestly in those rooms. Lots of bullshit and politics too. And drunks.

Don't know if someone has already stated the obvious .
Get a massage.

you can try using leolist

OP, take your autism bucks, get a cheap cargo van, throw a mattress and a camp stove in it and hit the road. Van life is perfect for introverts. You can live cheap as fuck and see the country or spend your time cocooned inside when you choose.

Ugh, no. I don't want someone touching me. I want to be the one doing the touching. What I mean is, I want to be able to regulate how much touch there is, where, and when. When I visit the doctor, they are required to ask my permission before touching me, and must explain why they want to touch me first.

I've been homeless many times and drifted around, sometimes for as long as a year at a time, but I am going slowly blind and can't get a driver's license. I've had that experience, though, thumbing around and living out of a tent.