I'm 26, and I have zero friends. After I graduated high school, I isolated myself for a number of years until I got my first few jobs during the pandemic. I rarely receive any texts, and if I do it's either from my parents or manager. My first few times putting myself out there socially went terribly and did a number on my self esteem overall, but it was through those experiences I learned more about myself and general social awareness. I'm still growing and I can say I have more confidence now than I did a couple years ago. However, even still, I've had a lot of trouble making connections and friendships with people. At work, I tend to be on good terms with others at first, but it never seems to last and falls apart.I had one coworker who reached out to me, and we were texting for about a month. We bonded on anxiety and her having adhd. Long story short, her boyfriend didn't want her messaging me, and then she said to another coworker that she thought I was lonely and didn't have friends. I just avoided her from then on. It seems like some of my other coworkers end up not respecting or liking me as much either. I noticed recently that one person I worked with for almost 3 years removed me off their socials.So, I don't know. I hope I'm not alone into my 30s, but I'm trying to think of other ways I can go out meeting people.
>>34068957tl;dr>How to cope with having no friendsYou can’t.
>>34068961Joever.
>>34068957Depends on what you really want out of life to me all the friends I ever had bitched about one another and I chose to cut them out and I was a lot happier being alone than with those people. I will give an example as to how they were like one friend wouldn't talk to another because he never said hello to him when they met. Sometimes friends are more trouble than they are worth all they want are yes men not real friendships.
