I am very bad about making friends from common interests. Even if we have things in common, it's like>oh, you like x? you like y? Me too. I like z about it. ...The conversation fizzles out. But group therapy has shown me I am good at deep, meaningful conversations. I enjoy learning what makes people tick, their worldview, their stream of consiousness, their peculiarities, their personal traumas and experience. I am very open about my own and people are quick to open up to me. Where do I find more such conversations? I want to talk to people not about the latest goyslop movie/gacha/music, but about the very essence of their being and their hidden existential dreads!!!
c'mon, where are all the depressed boys and borderline girls that used to inhabit this board...
I've never recognised myself more in a post. I'm 22 and haven't had a real friend for more than 10 years. Every time I try, we never seem to get to that deeper level. I think it's because most people are scared to open themselves up to that extend. It's such a shame, because only then you can make a truly meaningful connection. I don't understand why not more people crave that.
>>84217383Try group therapy for young adults! I got it for free in my eu country. It's designed to skip over that silly "hobby" talk and go straight into the important issues. You just have to be open and honest, which take some courage.
>>84217321If you dont make friends once and stop forever youre doing it wrong. I have a friend group that ive kept for years now. Whenever I step outside of it and try to make friends with others it immediately hits me how retarded the average person is outside of my social circle. Im talking low IQ, hyper argumentative, reposting cat memes, easily offended and behaving as if theyre in a classroom with rules. The internet was good for socialization because it means people above 100 IQ dont have to interact with the average person. EVERY TIME a person complains about having no friends its always because they are the boring average normie person I complain about, if not even worse. If youre a normie it should not be hard.
>>84217803>If youre not a normie it should not be hard*
>>84217321you actually have to experience a shitload of different things with someone to build a meaningful bond. thats why online friendships arent real you dont experience anything
>>84217321A lot of churches organize lunches and meetings that are seperate from religion. Theres some interesting kind hearted people there (usually older but thats fine).You could try there, probably the best place to meet people
meaningful relationships are not something you bring into existence, sadly
