Hello Reddit~! This is my first time asking for advice and I need help. I (22 yr old woman) hasn’t made a proper irl friend in years since I graduated high school back in 2022. When the lockdown happened, I only had one closest friend since 9th grade all the way through high school but unfortunately we’re not friends anymore. Not only that, the lockdown was really hard for me the most because I have a heart condition, a heart disease and I had a very high chance getting COVID. Since then, I lost touch with the world and has struggled so much making new friends especially in person.
I go to events that are related to my hobbies but I can never make new friends who have the same interests as me. I thought of going to college but I don’t want to study atm and just want to make proper friends irl. I tbh isolated myself from family because I have no one to talk to anymore. Sure, I have online friends but humans need human interactions and I’ve lost that part of myself. Of course i have my family still, but I just wanna get away and spend time with friends once in a while ya know?
It’s been so lonely for me since 2020 & honestly idk what to do anymore. I miss being myself, I miss making new friends, I miss going out daily (Im an introvert now, use to be extroverted), and I really don’t feel like myself like i use to be before the lockdown hit. It’s so hard for me to feel normal and make new friends because idk how to act normal anymore. Im so use to staying indoors but I’m not a homebody. I love going out, going shopping, going to theme parks, going to the movie theater, and etc but I honestly really need proper irl friends now.
I miss being me. So please, if anyone is reading this & can relate to how Im feeling or if anyone has any advice how to make new friends again, please reply back. Thank you. ❤️🩹