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I agree with Eve- I think it depends on the persons involved. I know my sister has several male friends, her best friend aside from her husband being male, and she would obviously say men and women can be friends. As for me, I've strayed away from male friends and I just don't think they could...

I've heard that's the best way to overcome social anxiety. I've been taking that approach, but I've been doing it submissively. So far I haven't tried to start a conversation myself, mostly because I don't know what to say or what people usually talk about. It's a hard process and I keep trying...

Yeah, it gets more frustrating because I don't think people who aren't as secluded and lonely as me take my problems as seriously. For some reason, it's a light issue to them.  Sometimes I read stories or watch videos about people who really do have rough lives, like they're highly obese or have...

You're right- it isn't so much about gaining that love then it is feeling like I deserve it, as it pertains to gaining confidence. But the cycle I mentioned in my original post is what makes it difficult. As soon as I gain that love from someone, it's my belief that I don't deserve that love...

Easier said than done yknow? A while back I realized the first step had to be raising my self confidence, but I just don't know how to do that. Without someone validating me, making me feel loved and needed, I feel like I'm NOT validated, loved, or needed. It wears out my self esteem little by...

All my life I've gotten into the same routine and I have no idea how to break it. This is a system I've fallen into since my earliest school memories of first grade and has followed me up to this point in college.  The system is 1. Go long periods of time with little to no social contact and...

As a kid I used to cope with loneliness and depression through anger and I would blame other kids for 'purposely ignoring me.' I mostly just did things against social norm, like staring random people down to make them uncomfortable. Thankfully I don't do that anymore, though I'm still affected...

Thank you, I was thinking about it :)

Hello there. I'll start by saying I'm an extremely introverted and shy person. Also very introspective, I've always been at least twice as interested in life's big questions than I was in making friends, and I guess that's why I'm here today. It turns out not bothering to make friends has left...

So, if only to vent, or if maybe some people can relate, I'm going to make my first thread here on this forum. all my life, I've never been able to make friends. I've only had one friend who I knew outside of the internet, which I made in around third grade. She approached me, and we became...