It's hard to find friends at my age, everyone is mostly the same. Everyone my age sleeps around or gets drunk or just generally does things that make them happy, have a laugh with life.
I never suited that, never fitted it because that's isn't what I'm interested in, and nobody likes to be around anyone who is socially awkward, different and with disabilities, miss depressive, miss unwanted. It's no fun for them, so they ignore you and make you feel further isolated when in actuality all it takes is little effort on their behalf to incorporate you for a few minutes and help bring your confidence up.
But no, that would require effort, that would require common decency, that would require patience & that would require just about every attribute devoid from the vast majority of people on this narcissistic violent planet.
The way I see it, you get hurt and your defence goes up. Naturally. That defensive behaviour isn't going to just vanish, only way you're gonna come through that is if someone climbs over your walls so to speak, but how many people make the effort to understand why you have the defence's up & why you have your problems, people (on mass) will not be interested, they see you as 'shy' or 'guarded' or 'hard to understand/difficult to know' or your considered 'too much effort/high maintenance'
I'm alone because nobody wants to change that.
Sure I'm my own worst enemy because I don't put myself out there anymore, but what's the point.
When your depressed the very worst thing you can possibly do to yourself is open yourself up to rejection, if your sad & go to meet people whom then reject you, that depression will skyrocket so what is the point.
I miss the past, when I was younger, felt more normal, didn't have to wear a mask and it was easier to make friends. Most people are selfish and immature these days, and it's hard to find someone who is different.
I appreciate when people care what's wrong, it's not something I get very often. I try to fit in a best I can, but no matter what, people see I'm socially awkward and I get judged before they even know me.