Hello,

I've realized I'm really good at meeting people and building acquantainces (I'm actually sucking at this right now as I'm feeling very depressed and don't feel like meeting anyone) but I don't know how to take it past that... From the ages of 14 to 18, I wasn't allowed to go out anywhere, my parents were very strict and controlling... I had migrated to US and making friends there is totally different than the country I'm in right now.

I feel like I used to do what a lot of abused adults do, I'd trust people immediately when I was in my early 20s when I got out of my home.. (now I'm 26) and it turned out that they didn't deserve my trust.

now i'm totaly lost at how to make close friends, and a lot of people I meet I dont really feel like being close to.. I'm also totally lost on how to "maintain" these relationships... How to build a network outside of a dysfunctional family?

Maybe I tend to isolate myself.. I always feel that even if i have friends today, tomorrow there might not be anyone around me and I'll always be alone