Who else has keeping friends issues?

I have a problem with keeping friends. I am apprehensive to trust even though I mostly get burned
I can develop the relationship, it's the keeping it that I have the problem with. I think due to tolerance,mood swings,and sometimes an unfiltered mouth. I only feel real comfortable around others like me. Does anyone else suffer something similar to this?

Yes. A big problem for me is I have a public facing facade and when people get to know me I am not that person. I am not that much different, but I am not that person. I also have the issue that when I become more comfortable with someone I am not as good about filtering what I say. My sense of humor knows no bounds at times. I ignore social taboos and would be an HR nightmare if I said everything that crosses my mind at work. I am not racist or sexist but sometimes I would say something meant to be funny that comes off that way. A poor attempt at making fun of people who are racist or sexist ends up sounding like you are one of them (DAMHIKT).

Since I became ill I've found it difficult to maintain friendships too, even with friends I've known for almost a decade. It's very disheartening and pushes me daily towards being very cynical.

I had a lot of friends/acquaintances after my first psychotic break.

Almost all of them took advantage of my mental state.

It took me a long time to be well enough to start hanging out with people again.

I'm highly introverted and painfully shy. I have a hard time making friends IRL, much less keep them. MI doesn't help much either.

I used to be very socially active. When I started meds again I have been in isolation and I kinda like it.

I've never been good at keeping friends. Right now I only have two friends, my sisters in law. I'm just no good at keeping up with people. When I was a teenager most of my friends were online. I suppose that's still true.

I am not good at keeping up with friends. I am usually too tired.
I have all I can do to pay attention to my marriage and to help my elderly mother.


WC

I have difficulty too. I'm an extreme introvert and chatty extroverts wear me out. My MI also gets in the way of maintaining friendships. Since my daughter is leaving, I have promised myself I will be more social.

Incredibly hard, although now I know who my really close friends were since they helped me every step of the way.

Yep, you soon work out who your true friends are when you have a bad time. I've accepted that people come and go from everyone's lives, not just those who may be unwell.

I can vouch for that I can't keep a GF or a Freind happy with me for too long I always do something wrong.
I had an experience where I got ganged up by ex-friends and told that I'm abusive and that I should be dragged out into the middle of the street beaten with a stick and shot exact words
I had an ex that ran off with another man and cheated on me and said I cheated on her( i didn't)
Yes I'm having problems keeping friends

I have problems both making and keeping friends. Part of it is that I'm an introvert. Part of it is my MI. Part of it is that friends always want to go out and do stuff, but I'm always broke. Plus I'm a single parent, so that makes it hard too. So mostly I just keep to myself and hang out with family. I'm mostly content with that.

I am still caring for my terminally ill stepfather" - I only have one IRL friend now. We have very sporadic contact via text and we live ipon the same street! (Something has changed with the friendship.)

When I try and discuss it with her, she insists everything is fine. We considered ourselves best friends. She is bisexual yet married and she developed feelings for me...not platonic feelings. We did talk through that, but it's not the same since.

I did make some friends at bipolar support meetings, but the owner shut down the group a few years ago with no notice. 200 people in that group...

I don't have trouble keeping friendships normally. I do isolate since my bipolar developed, I am just so tired.

I haven't made new friends since. I'm unstable and doing my best to not go IP again. I need to pay attention to my boyfriend and my daughter. My bf is having a bipolar depressive episode. My daughter is doing great. I'm exhausted.