[chasms]

this sounds weird but im an introvert and people drain me but i cant be alone. i get too afraid so i have to force myself to do stuff and hang out with people when like 90% of the time i dont have the mental energy to. i was wondering if anyone else felt this. even if its someone just being in the room with me. people scare me though too. ugh

[Skeezyks]

Hello chasms: I'm sorry you find yourself in this conundrum. I lead as solitary a lifestyle as it is possible for me to lead. And I'm pretty-much satisfied with it. Sometimes I think it would be nice to have friends. But they would have to be interested in the same things I'm interested in. I would not want to spend time on stuff I wasn't interested in, just to have friends. And realistically, even if I found some like-minded individuals, I'm not at all sure I'd care to be around them. People scare me too...

Originally Posted by chasms

this sounds weird but im an introvert and people drain me but i cant be alone. i get too afraid so i have to force myself to do stuff and hang out with people when like 90% of the time i dont have the mental energy to. i was wondering if anyone else felt this. even if its someone just being in the room with me. people scare me though too. ugh

I felt this way too. Been a loner and introverted throughout my entire life with very few friends when I was in grade school. Now as an adult, while part of me would like to have friends, the other part doesn't want to have any, especially with things that happened in my personal life recently.