Hi everyone! I'm a new member here, I'm 25 years old and I've just been having a really hard time lately. I've gotten to the point where I basically have no friends left, and the ones I do have just seem to be drifting off. One of my close friends is moving to a different country later this year, one just continually cancels whenever we try to meet up, and pretty much my only other friend has gotten really distant ever since she started dating someone. I never had an easy time with friends, and had a really toxic group of friends when I was in high school. There was a lot of in-group bullying directed at me and it really just hit my self-confidence and sense of self-worth, and it didn't help that I already dealt with pretty bad social anxiety. I distanced myself from that group after leaving school, but as someone who is really shy and has a hard time making new friends, I didn't really manage to make any new friends since then. I just feel like I've gotten to a point in my life where I've just lost any hope of making new friends because I'm at a point in my life where I know most people have their established friendship groups. I feel really lonely most of the time, and it's hard to see other people with their really close groups of friends.
Anyway, this has become a bit of a ramble, but basically I joined here hoping to be able to chat to some people who are going through similar experiences.
Anyway, this has become a bit of a ramble, but basically I joined here hoping to be able to chat to some people who are going through similar experiences.
