I think I'm losing a friend.

I don't have very many friends at school. My anxiety makes it borderline impossible for me to have a very wide circle of friends. I currently have about five.

Whenever I'm suspect I'm losing a friend, I get very panicky.

I feel as though my best friend and I are drifting apart.

Just a couple weeks ago, we talked often -- but now we don't talk all that much. We still do sometimes, but our talks are much more brief than they used to be.

She has begun spending more time with her other friends.

She still considers me a friend and says "hi" to me and all that, but part of me is scared that eventually she'll stop doing even that.

This is a very stressful situation for me.

I can't really enjoy having friends because I'm always scared they'll stop talking to me since they're fed up with how quiet and unresponsive I am. Now to see it actually happening...

*sighs, shakes head sadly*

If any of you have any ideas about what to do about this, please tell me!

Has anything happened in the last few weeks that may have stopped you two talking as much? School work, family issues, separate hobbies, work, that sort of thing? Maybe you haven't had the opportunity to see each other as much.

If you want to do something with her, initiate something. Maybe it'll be just a lunch or a coffee or watch a movie, but anything that'll give you two time together. I think she'll like that.

I know that initiating is difficult to do, but it seems like you may have to take a risk.

I'm sorry this is happening to you, losing friends really sucks I know. You say that you can't enjoy friendships because you are afraid to lose them? I've definitely been there before. I only really have one friend that I'm really close with and we have almost "broken up" hehe several times before. And pretty much every single time we were at the breaking point, it was my fault, just like it is my fault that I only have one close friend that I share everything with. It's because I'm too afraid to be vulnerable. If I tell someone everything and they know every part of me, then they also have the potential to break my heart so that's why I've pushed people away and maybe it's the same for you. But the thing with that is trust is a two-way street. If your friend is acting distant, maybe it's because she senses you don't trust her and so that makes her not want to trust you. And when you said you are quiet and unresponsive, if you pushed yourself a little and was more open to her, maybe she would reach back out and you guys would become closer! Hopefully I helped somewhere in this crazy mess ^^

Try and spend some one-on-one time with her. I'm a very quiet guy, and I make extra-special effort with my best friend to show him I'm still interested. People can mistake your shyness for boredom!