Hello!
Excuse my English, it’s not my first language.
I(25F) recently moved far from my friends and family and the loneliness is overwhelming. I also feel like my values and interests are starting to be different compared to my friends. For context, most of them are in a very different field and I’m more in a creative field. What we bond over are games. We don’t play the same games anymore and I find it a bit more difficult to relate with them.
I don’t want to cut them off because I think we have a lot of good memories together. But I feel like we’re different people and they’re usually not interested in what I have to say. I also tried looking for social clubs but I haven’t found any in my area.
Have any of you made new friends at 25? How? Do you have any tips on how to deal with this loneliness? How did you guys become comfortable with being alone?
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Moved across the US when I was 25 and made friends I still hang with today almost 20 years later. Your bond isn’t forged with time, it’s with experiences.
I made them from the school I attended but also afterwards I made friends through work. People make friends through other activities (sports, book club, etc).
Being comfortable being alone is easier said than done and I don’t think there’s some “switch” or comment that can be flipped/said that will make it better. Like riding a bike or driving a manual transmission, you just have to do it and it gets easier over time.