You sound a lot like me. What do you mean by people like us have renounced trying to make friends? Do you mean give up entirely since nothing seems to ever work out? I feel like giving up completely on even trying to make any new friends. It shouldn't involve this much work and stress.

I also feel like most people think that I'm not fun enough, interesting enough, or talkative enough. And maybe they don't like the fact that I have anxiety and depression issues. One former friend thought that I was to "negative' and to "whiny' and that I had nothing to be depressed about and she couldn't understand why I get anxious at times either.

She acted like acting confident and being happy is easy. It's not. I ended the friendship because she tried to change me and she disrespected boundaries all the time.