I moved to a new state after my freshman year of high school which caused a lot of problems. I've never really been an outgoing person, the type that when they go anywhere, they make friends and talk to others with ease. However, if someone gets to know me and take the time to talk to me first, then I open up.
Anyways, after I moved here I was introduced to a new high school, bigger then my last, and I have yet to make any close friends that I feel I can hang out with as I did back in my old state. On top of that, I haven't had a girlfriend all of these years and the combination of the two have made me really depressed and lonely; however, I'm one of those people that keep it in and don't tell anyone or express their feelings publicly, I just hide it.
I've gained some weight over these past years due to working my first jobs and having to deal with the stress of school and work, but I think it's also because I tend to eat when I'm lonely and bored, which is very often. My self confidence has dropped a lot and I honestly don't really know what to do anymore.
My siblings are the complete opposite and both make friends extremely easily and get girlfriends / boyfriends easily as well... In the past two years I've had a friend come over once while they have friends come over almost every weekend... I'm not sure why I'm like this and what to do to fix it so I thought I'd finally kind of share what I'm feeling with others, whether this all makes sense or not.
This will be my last carefree teenage summer and then my last year of high school and to be honest, I haven't done anything that gave me good memories of anything. I try so hard to be a positive person appreciating what I do have in life; a nice home, a great family, a job, but those things like a girlfriend, close friends, and overall companionship that I lack just really get me down.
Sorry if this thread doesn't make sense at all. I joined the forum, saw a board for loneliness, started a thread and just started typing... Hopefully someone can relate to what I'm going through and tell me how they have dealt with it.
Anyways, after I moved here I was introduced to a new high school, bigger then my last, and I have yet to make any close friends that I feel I can hang out with as I did back in my old state. On top of that, I haven't had a girlfriend all of these years and the combination of the two have made me really depressed and lonely; however, I'm one of those people that keep it in and don't tell anyone or express their feelings publicly, I just hide it.
I've gained some weight over these past years due to working my first jobs and having to deal with the stress of school and work, but I think it's also because I tend to eat when I'm lonely and bored, which is very often. My self confidence has dropped a lot and I honestly don't really know what to do anymore.
My siblings are the complete opposite and both make friends extremely easily and get girlfriends / boyfriends easily as well... In the past two years I've had a friend come over once while they have friends come over almost every weekend... I'm not sure why I'm like this and what to do to fix it so I thought I'd finally kind of share what I'm feeling with others, whether this all makes sense or not.
This will be my last carefree teenage summer and then my last year of high school and to be honest, I haven't done anything that gave me good memories of anything. I try so hard to be a positive person appreciating what I do have in life; a nice home, a great family, a job, but those things like a girlfriend, close friends, and overall companionship that I lack just really get me down.
Sorry if this thread doesn't make sense at all. I joined the forum, saw a board for loneliness, started a thread and just started typing... Hopefully someone can relate to what I'm going through and tell me how they have dealt with it.