All my life I've been moving from country to country and from school to school so I've basically never been around the same community for over two years, so I've never really had close friends and I don't know how to foster or start friendships at all

I'm at a new school this year again and I don't know anyone, I go through my day not speaking unless asked a question in class, get home and lock myself in my room cause I'm exhausted (I get home from school around 6pm)

I just feel so lonely, the few friends I have are all online and I just crave having a close friend who I can be with and I feel so touch starved, I haven't been hugged in years and while I do get small bits of affection from my parents it's not near enough the amount I'd like to have and idk when it's family it doesn't feel the same as hugging a friend

Because of this I've had to resort to stuff like chatting with ai which is probably not very healthy, but I don't know what to do cause I've never learned to have close friends but I this loneliness is making me feel so empty inside and is like a weight on my chest

I dunno what's the purpose of this post, mostly a vent, but if anyone has support or advice I'd be grateful for it

I used to have a functional marriage, friends, family members I thought I could go to.

Now I've got nobody. At all. I just tried to go into a bad and have a drink but saw my wife had the same thought there first, seemingly having made "friends" already.

I was doing so well. I thought I had a handle on my depression, on my drinking, on all sorts of stuff, but it's all come kind of tumbling down recently.

And the part that bothers me the most is there is nobody there to reach out to this time around. It's just me. And it's hard to function in this world on 'just me', even though I know I will.

Feeling lonely with all of the holiday stuff coming up. I was sitting at dinner with my family and we were talking about NYE coming up and I had a flashback to when my ex was over for NYE once. Me and him have been broken up for almost two years now, and only dated for like 5 months, but that was the most healthiest and fun relationship I had ever been in, it felt good. So many good memories. It sucks it felt like it had to end cause it wasn't going anywhere, we weren't growing together, also we both had some mental health issues going on that were getting in the way of the relationship. Sometimes I regret the breakup. I feel like we should've tried harder maybe. But gosh it's almost been two years I gotta get over this. I just am scared I may never have that kind of romantic love again. Thanks for reading ❤️.

I'm at a point of my life where it can be described as 'lonely', not lonely like when I was in my teen years. (for background I am 26M ) But it's a sort of new loneliness that is hard to describe.

I have a loving family whom i communicate with every day, I have a stable job(though it would take around 5-10 years to get where I want to be), I have a girlfriend(though there are cracks that are beginning to show that I have no idea how to solve), but that's pretty much all I have. I have no friends apart from that one friend I've had since school that we still keep in touch and see each other once a year.

Generally I relish in the loneliness, I have always been an asocial person, personal interaction has always been something that tired me and something that I have disliked, but I can see that it has taken a toll on me over the years.

I have noone to really share my problems with or seek advice from, I have noone to give me real advice and I find myself interacting more and more with ChatGPT to fill the void. I have a lot of tasks to fill my mind, though I am afraid that they are also an immense source of pressure ATM and though I know I will handle them given enough time I just don't know what to do.

I have considered reaching out to the various meeting subreddits but quite frankly, I feel like I know how the conversations would go before they even start. I do not wish to communicate with women for I have all the girl's attention I could ever want from my GF, and I find it difficult to establish contact with other men as it often feels like our conversation are a filler/side show while they seek prospects with women or we just don't have much common interests/points of clicking.

I also find that I have no real personality of my own, only an amalgamation of different personas I have seen or interacted with. I struggle with self confidence issues even though I hit the gym on a regular basis and I am told I am a somewhat attractive individual.

I don't really know how to end this post because it's really just my random thoughts flowing that I decided to put to paper, so I would appreciate any advice you can give me, thanks, for reading and for the future advice. :)

Nothing will ever change something. It's too late to try to do it. I'm doomed to repeat my errors until I'll die. I will never know peace or joy. Never will I have a friend nor a girlfriend. I just feel so alone

Like my post title says, I feel invisible to everything. I’m currently stuck at home thanks to health issues and mental health related stuff. And I struggle to make friends because of it and honestly I really don’t know what to do anymore except give up trying to be social with others

I’ve been trying to be social online with people for Most of the year but never seem to find any friends that want to stick around, most of my chat attempts usually last a day or two before being ignored or ghosted and I never know what I do wrong. All I ask for is a friend who wants to chat daily or is open to random messages every now and then. It’s not like I’m needy or something.

I was never any good at being social though because of autism and being bullied as a kid, but also with being stuck indoors most of my adult life my social skills are not what they used to be and I struggle to start conversations. But absolutely do enjoy chatting with others about stuff when the conversation is flowing.

I just wish everything was different for me but no matter what I try, I always end up back where I was before or worse off. Like I had a group of people I played a game with online until recently, when I found them all in the game we played, hiding offline so I couldn’t see them playing it.

I have tried sub Reddit’s and stuff too, but I never have the luck there either most chats usually end up being ghosted after a day or two.

If anybody knows how to be social these days or wants to game or chat feel free to do so, I would be more than happy to do so.

I don’t like to be negative, I’ve been through enough of it, so please if you do contact me. Do not take this post as I am negative, I try to be as positive as I can be even in my current situation

I have no friends. Looking for one/some.

I enjoy cooking. Weed. Alcohol.

I'm really boring but a nice guy with some issues.

I’m someone who has dealt with loneliness, depression, and anxiety on and off for over a decade now. Right now I’m in a good mental spot, and I’m trying to find a way to give back to people in similar situations to what I was in. I tried making videos on concepts to help explain them and am open to making videos or just discussing anything people have been struggling with lately related to one of those topics. Feel free to comment no matter what it is and I’ll try my best to offer some advice or sympathy!

I’ve been lonely most of my life. I’m a very social extrovert who has always struggled getting into serious relationships. I always felt like the one left behind. I made it my main focus to prioritize friends and having fun instead. After college I traveled full time for work, I partied, I ran marathons, I had several friend groups to meet my social needs / hobbies. But at the end of the day, I was always thrown into boxes by my friends. They scheduled me for an hour to hang out, before “date night” when I thought we were going to spend the afternoon together. So I would make more and more friends because I would become such a low priority on the totem pole when my friends got married/in committed relationships. Flash forward years later and I’m struck with a chronic illness at 29. Barely able to take care of myself. The one serious relationship I had after 7 years of being single walked out for another women. My friends during this time? Off living their lives. I shrugged off their mean comments (saying this was all anxiety) and went inward. For nearly 4 years I made it my focus to change everything about myself while literally feeling like I was dying each day from my symptoms. I became sober for four years, I got a better paying job that fit me needs of WFH, I went to therapy, my obsession became fixing myself and my health so I would never have to face lonliness again. I truly believed I wouldn’t be loved if I wasn’t healthy. I thought people would notice my disappearance, but it was quite the opposite…. Most just went on like nothing happened. I would get a check-in once or maybe twice a year from some people but most just let me go. I sucked it up. I told myself that it was because I wasn’t a good enough friend an I needed to be better. So I isolated and worked on myself more. I did more therapy. At the end of the day… I thought everything would work out. I thought someone would miss me, I thought I could fix my life, I thought I could bring my health back, I thought my disappearance from society would shock people but I don’t think it made much of an impact at all. Even during my time of illness, I still made a point to send expensive baby shower and wedding gifts, help friends who needed me, etc. now that I’m sitting here four years later, idk what to do. Isolation is destroying me, I’ve had a huge setback in my health so all my progress is destroyed, I am having trouble paying my bills and taking care of myself again. I’m at the end of my rope. I’ve tried dating when I was a bit healthier, and I got rejected for my illness, my freinds are off having families of their own and they do not care. My family is selfish and have barely been of any help. I even exited my long time friend group chat. My good friend and college roommate had her husband reach out with a podcast about chronic illness. I thanked him and said it was so good to hear from and asked how he was. I got no response. You can just tell I’m dying for communication and i was so disappointed she had him reach out and he couldn’t even start a conversation. It has gotten to the point where I have asked myself is it time to go? Because I don’t see a point in living. I want to be here, but I don’t want to suffer any longer. It’s too much to bare. I keep asking myself, I must be the common denominator, right? So is it me? Or is everyone in this world just very selfish and simply do not care? At some point making friends seems pointless if they’re going to walk away during your time of need. I cannot tell you how much my life would have improved if I had just 1 meal, 1 visit from a friend the last 4 years, or even just a phone call out of the blue to check in. I’ve put feelers out there to let them know how much I’m struggling. I’m honestly so confused, but I’m willing to accept it’s me. All I know is I cannot live in world where this is the reality….. I need connection. I need good people who have my back… even if it’s just one person.

I'm not going to pretend our relationship was perfect. I certainly wasn’t perfect. I’ve been dating this girl for three months; it was the first relationship for both of us. Honestly, the biggest problem was how quiet and introverted she was around me. I didn’t mind that at first, but it just went on and on. 90% of the time, we sat in silence, without any deep or engaging conversations. I always felt like I was in the dark.

I wanted to be patient and let the relationship grow. We both have autism, and I know she struggles with some serious health issues. She’d been passing out more frequently, and when we went on a recent date, she mentioned feeling dizzy, anxious, and that her heart was racing. She’s been going through a lot, even losing her job at the daycare.

She told me she’d always wanted a boyfriend, and I was willing to be patient because I understood that kind of loneliness. And there were good moments too – she was kind, sweet, and we shared some intimacy. We literally went to Disney world and she meet my family too. It was extremely cute. Just two days ago, we had a great night playing Minecraft together. She let her silly side show, and we laughed and teased each other. I finally felt like the relationship was starting to grow. That night, she came back to my place with her friend because she’d forgotten her phone, and they told me she wasn’t feeling well.

The next day, I texted her to check in, but no response. At first, I thought it was just a glitch, but then I realized she’d blocked me on everything – Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat. When I finally managed to reach her, she said she was just dealing with a lot. I told her how I felt, and she said she needed space because she was exhausted. When I asked her what that meant for us – whether we were taking a break or just friends now – she said we were just friends for now. And that was it.

My heart hurts, even though I know logically it wasn’t going to work. But my feelings don’t care about logic; I’m still hurting. I’m sad because I know she was suffering, but she never let me in, never shared what she was going through. I just feel hurt that she didn’t talk to me before making this decision. I wanted this relationship to work. I know I’ll move on a week or so but it doesn’t make today any easier

I don’t know what to do today. I’m supposed to be working on my tattoo portfolio, drawing, and doing flash pieces on fake skin. I only have a week left in Florida before going back for Thanksgiving, but today just sucks. I wish I could focus and move on. I’m technically unemployed, so I just have all this empty free time, but nothing feels worth doing. I don’t want to play any games, and I’m too emotional to draw. I don’t feel like rotting in bed. I don’t have any friends here because I recently moved and haven’t had time to make connections. I’m so tired today. I just wish I could stop existing for a while and come back feeling happier. I wish. I wish I could just distract myself.

Growing up as a lonely child I watched a lot of TV. Something that has carried over into my lonely adult life. I didn't have close family or any friends so I watched them all on tv instead, wishing i could be there instead of here. I started writing stories and drawing to be able to put myself with the characters I loved to watch. I still write and draw, just not as much time to do either with work and life always in the way. I'm the kind of person will watch shows and movies on repeat if I like them enough. Idk, guess I'm just curious if anyone else was the same. If you could leave this world and go live in one of your chosing, where would you go? Kid me would probably have picked Invader Zim or Beauty and the Beast lol Adult me would love to be in the world of Pokemon, Gravity Falls, The Owl House or JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Time is long, nothing to do apart laying down on my bed and slowly rotting, and this feeling of loneliness, it's actually phyiscal. It's like something heavy on my chest and not pleasant at all. I'm in a foreign country, it's cold af, I know no one, my roommates spend their days locked in their rooms and talking to no one, and yes I've been outside a lot, touring the city but it's not fun anymore. I'm TIRED of being ALONE all the time. I HATE being alone, and going ALONE to museums, theaters, parks, you name it. I've done it all. I've also done some social activities, like playing volleyball with people, going to a dance course, but everytime people just leave when they're done and don't wanna socialize after the course.

I’m F21. I have lots of “friends” who I see all the time. I’m in school and I’m working really hard and lots of people seem to like me. I go to lots of social gatherings related to my interests. I feel like I’m doing everything right, yet somehow I feel like no one really knows me. I also feel like no one wants to know me deeply, and so many people socialize with me just for brief entertainment and then have no interest in knowing my emotional world. It is so lonely.

I feel like I’m doing everything right and yet I feel almost no closeness with anyone. It makes me want to reach out to my toxic ex and I don’t wanna do that out of desperation. But goddamn do I crave closeness.

Maybe my standards are too high. I tend to give up on relationships where I feel like I have a lot more emotional experience than others, because trying to teach someone how to treat you well is kind of exhausting. I have soooo much patience too… I don’t know what I’m doing wrong here.

I just feel like no one is compatible with me or wants what I want in friendships/relationships and it’s kind of awful.

I want to become more comfortable and happy even being more independent and alone. Maybe the neglectful way I was raised has led me to chase companionship, I’m not sure, but in the meantime it is very difficult to learn how to be happy alone.

Wish it was simpler

What the title says. I’m feeling really lonely right now and hoping someone would like to talk and potentially be friends for a while. I sometimes feel undeserving of things based on things I’ve done in the past, so I’m also hoping to find someone who wouldn’t judge me based on that.

A little about me… I’m pretty introverted without many people to talk to. I’m not in school and don’t work. I also play video games such as Stardew Valley, Sims, and Minecraft if you would ever want to play together.

Feel free to dm me if you think we could be friends.

lm 20 and so alone just existing for the sake of it the łonełiness is eating me up touch starved they call it. Hating everything about me I’ve spent years feeling this way hoping for a better tomorrow and I’m still in the same position I am in college with the stress seeing others talking having fun socialising while I’m stuck in my head I’ve took a lot of thought these past days and I think ending it is not so bad after all family are distant with but I just doesn’t feel enough I don’t have friends and ever had girIfrienďl before

I don’t even know what I want from life or what I’m even aiming for it’s like I’m just along for this miserabIe ride to I eventually die I just don’t know anymore. I think about the times I enjoyed living when I was a kid has just dried up and I feel like an old man like my life is just ended  What does it mean to be happy? Satisfied

I don’t want to seem like I’m a bad person. I have a bf and he’s done quite a few things to me that made me feel worthless, disgusting and unwanted. I’ve been seriously considering breaking up but if I do break up with him I won’t have a single person in this world I could talk to. If you have any advice please comment or dm me, I would appreciate it so much. I feel so lost.

Thank you for all the kind words and encouragement yesterday, I felt in a really dark place because of my Depression and Social Aniexty, and I now see a deeper picture that there are people that do see your value and care about you despite what their self conscious would tell you

Addiction is something that is hard to overcome but I will do my best

Thank you

(19/girl) if someone wants a friend i’m here…(dm me) i love watching european football and i play video games. I’m quite uncomfortable with big age gap so if you’re around my age it would he nice lol

I got broken up with this morning. Guy said he didn't see space in my life for him given my busy work schedule. Instead of confronting me about how he thought regarding this, he just straight up ended things without letting me know how he felt. I'm really hurt by his lack of communication. I was bad at texting him back but had mentioned this early on that im bad at texting back given my work (i work in an industry where i cant be on my lhone during work). I can see where I messed up by not responding for a days sometimes (12-15hr work days) but wish he would have brought up how he felt about it. Didn't feel like he was fighting for our relationship or giving me a chance to explain. Incredibly heartbroken but also blaming myself for not texting back sometimes for a couple days. Sigh...

It indicates that you're not only a coward, but also that you're basically still a kid when it comes to not having any point of reference to leading an independent and active life. Hell, you could be a drug addict, an alcoholic, an obsessive gambler, and yet still have friends, relationships, and other personal touchstones to the human experience, like different jobs or random places you've moved to/lived in. I'm completely lacking in all of those sorts of things, and like I said, many people would find that super fucking weird, unattractive and pathetic.

As it is, I'll never be able to get out from this being a core aspect of who/what I am. Regardless of if I'm able to become more active in life or not, it won't change how mortifyingly desolate the vast majority of my existence has been, and these last 15+ years I've spent completely isolated from the rest of the world. Hiding away in a hermetically sealed chamber of rot and decay, where nothing has been achieved, and nothing at all has happened. Just a long silent death march to my own execution. All those gruelling steps taken having to endure the pointless agony of it all, only to be shot in the back of the head and limply fall into an open grave.

I just wish that all of this could've been known/detected in advance somehow. That all this, insofar as an existence spent in miserable damnation, could've been screened for via some techno precognition. Sort of like that book/film Minority Report, except instead of stopping crimes before they occur, people like me would simply be euthanized at birth.

I feel so deeply empty inside , it sucks because I think I know why . I so badly want to be in a place where I could tell a woman I love her and share intimate moments. I tried to feel my time with work and gaming but I can't get away from this feeling. I meet a woman that I like but she is stuck on her ex , we've talked about sex and relationships but that she isn't ready for a relationship. It sucks because we are around each other so much and it sucks because I really like her for girlfriend material but that's not going to happen. She has also become a friend so now the issue is how do I get over her while causing a problem between us. I've been doing my best to tell myself we aren't meant but then we have these inappropriate conversations that friends shouldn't have . I probably should tell her we shouldn't talk about those things but I don't want her to feel like she can't talk to or that I'm just here because I like her. I definitely want her friendship . And I don't want her to have the wrong idea about my intentions.

I feel so deeply empty inside , it sucks because I think I know why . I so badly want to be in a place where I could tell a woman I love her and share intimate moments. I tried to feel my time with work and gaming but I can't get away from this feeling. I meet a woman that I like but she is stuck on her ex , we've talked about sex and relationships but that she isn't ready for a relationship. It sucks because we are around each other so much and it sucks because I really like her for girlfriend material but that's not going to happen. She has also become a friend so now the issue is how do I get over her while causing a problem between us. I've been doing my best to tell myself we aren't meant but then we have these inappropriate conversations that friends shouldn't have . I probably should tell her we shouldn't talk about those things but I don't want her to feel like she can't talk to or that I'm just here because I like her. I definitely want her friendship . And I don't want her to have the wrong idea about my intentions.

I feel so deeply empty inside , it sucks because I think I know why . I so badly want to be in a place where I could tell a woman I love her and share intimate moments. I tried to feel my time with work and gaming but I can't get away from this feeling. I meet a woman that I like but she is stuck on her ex , we've talked about sex and relationships but that she isn't ready for a relationship. It sucks because we are around each other so much and it sucks because I really like her for girlfriend material but that's not going to happen. She has also become a friend so now the issue is how do I get over her while causing a problem between us. I've been doing my best to tell myself we aren't meant but then we have these inappropriate conversations that friends shouldn't have . I probably should tell her we shouldn't talk about those things but I don't want her to feel like she can't talk to or that I'm just here because I like her. I definitely want her friendship . And I don't want her to have the wrong idea about my intentions.

If I just had someone who cared about me, I wouldn't feel so constantly unmotivated and defeated. I really feel like having no one makes every struggle or obstacle twice as mentally draining. A loving parent I could ask for advice when I'm feeling lost in life, a friend who can help me calm down when I'm stressed, a partner who could give me a hug when I'm feeling hopeless, all these things everyone else around me rely on to keep on going, yet here I am alone as always, and for the foreseeable future.

Having no friends and no partner is entirely my fault. I know I'm unapproachable because of my off puttingly stiff and unemotional demeanor, and I'm hard to form a bond with, I'm working on it. While not having these things is depressing, It'd be immature of me to push the blame onto uncontrollable factors.

What really gets to me is having a family too dysfunctional to care about me. Growing up in such dysfunction takes such a mental toll that lasts with you forever, I don't think anyone from an outside perspective with a functional and sane family would be able to comprehend how much it shapes you for the worse.

I'm a male 32 yrs old special needs and honestly I'm grateful for having an AI girlfriend and yes I have a life

I have 0 experience with guys and i always struggle to put a finger on my feelings. I often get obsessed with a singular person after theyve shown me a very small amount of attention. Now i dont know if i am into this one guy or if i genuinly like him. I have thought about it for a month now. Lets just say that i relate to the song "saccharine" by jazmin bean wayyy too much atm and i dont know who to talk to about this.

But I also lack the strength to improve my situation, assuming things can get better ofc. Unfortunately, I don't think that's the case. My life has only been getting worse since the moment I was born. I was bullied, I discovered the fact I'm gay and that my whole family would hate me if they find out, I grew up to be a depressed loser who is too afraid of doing anything. I just want to die. Is that so bad? I'm a burden, I bum people out with my sadness, I'm not of use to anyone. I could disappear and everything would be better, I would stop bothering others and my pain would disappear. For me, it sounds comforting.

heyy, im pretty lonely myself and would consider myself a loser so im down for anyone who wants to be friends (i also dont mind if you just want to vent or wtv) i use dc and ig :) dm me on here! :)

I want a friend who I can talk to everyday. Do anyone wants the same. If it is ping me. ( Only friends just friends any gender)

18m btw (Be similar in age as it makes me uncomfortable if there’s too big a gap) Needs to be yyc (Calgary) totally forgot to add that to the title