Thank you ladies

I am 24, I have autism and a neurological condition, I had posted about an older guy from a mental health forum. I was active there a lot, this dude kept messaging me and replying to all my posts. He asked me to hang out "as friends" in his 2nd message and I had ignored it. He also belittled me and he was telling me not to plan to move to another area and not to do fun things. Another male member had told him that he thinks his words seem to be discouraging and controlling. I wish I had those skills to quickly pick up motives. I wrote about that situation here and you told me he's predatory and wants to get in my pants and that he's not messaging me because he has a good heart. Also I was given advice on how to vent online more safely. I think most likely he wanted to use me as a punching bag too because he seemed very insecure about his life and especially about being introverted. He is not autistic. I imagine he'd be much more controlling in person. I am just really thankful for this guidance of yours and it really opened my eyes and motivated me to be more careful. Younger me would have likely met up with him. I thought he was caring so I kept replying, I didn't meet him. I never had family support and guidance so I have been a victim of vile older men online since I was 13 and I started meeting them up at 15. I get belittled a lot by men for being autistic and not very verbal. I have been physically abused. I used to have a very bitter classmate and even she has a loving long term boyfriend and situations like this keep me from lowering my standards LOL. I need to be more careful, suspicious and picky overall. I have been reading the handbook and listening to the site's podcasts. I don't plan on dating anytime soon.