Anonymous
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I recently stumbled across this forum and all of the problems that I struggle with every day so many of you seem to have too. It’s quite a relief to know that I’m not alone and that it is a recognised condition with treatments. I have always tried to just get by each day but there seem quite a few options to help.
I absolutely cannot make close friends. I can only get as far as acquaintances and no further so I’m always very lonely. I’ve moved 5 times in the last year and a half to start again hoping ‘this time it will be different’ but I create the same situation every time. The loneliness is affecting me very badly, and often I resort to cutting myself to cope with it.
In social situations I worry I will say something stupid and people will laugh or that they don’t like me. Even a question like “how was your weekend” often makes me blush and uncomfortable since someone is asking about my personal life. Towards the end of school I just came in for lessons and went straight home gain talking to nobody. I’m terribly closed and private which gives the impression I am a cold person. Even waiting for someone in a public place, being in a shop and dealing with a shop assistant, or paying for something makes me very anxious and worried.
Time to do some reading on here...
I absolutely cannot make close friends. I can only get as far as acquaintances and no further so I’m always very lonely. I’ve moved 5 times in the last year and a half to start again hoping ‘this time it will be different’ but I create the same situation every time. The loneliness is affecting me very badly, and often I resort to cutting myself to cope with it.
In social situations I worry I will say something stupid and people will laugh or that they don’t like me. Even a question like “how was your weekend” often makes me blush and uncomfortable since someone is asking about my personal life. Towards the end of school I just came in for lessons and went straight home gain talking to nobody. I’m terribly closed and private which gives the impression I am a cold person. Even waiting for someone in a public place, being in a shop and dealing with a shop assistant, or paying for something makes me very anxious and worried.
Time to do some reading on here...