I feel very lonely maybe its the SZ but I have no girl friend or friends similar age to myself, just family and a few older friends.Anyone feel the same?
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I also feel lonely. I have this one online friend i talk to almost daily, family. I lost contact with old friends. They cant understand me. Maybe therapy and meds will help me to have it better over time. I do not know.it is just plain sad to live my life this way. When i am more or less alright i get to realize that.
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I have no friends. Only people i would consider as aquaintances. People i used to drink with. But im certainly not lonely. I quite enjoy life when im symptom free.
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I was really lonely until I came out of my shell at my day program and actually started trying to make friends. It’s still sometimes a struggle to keep up my new friendships but now I feel particularly lonely on weekends when I can’t see them. Before my illness I had lots of friends but they all abandoned me during the worst years of my illness.
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I saw this the other day. To be honest if I did not have friends I would probably find it a lot harder to make new ones than when I was younger. Work and college are the best places to meet people. I heard people suggest volunteering too.
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I am in the same position as you. Unfortunately I don’t think this will change anytime soon. It has been 8 years since I had friends my own age.
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My friends are within 5 years but not my age. Besides my parents they’re much older than me obviously.
My best friend is 33 or 34, my next best is 26, another 27 year old, my cat is 2. My sister and bro in law are 33. My parents 70+. That’s all my friends irl.
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@Joker thanks for the reply hope it changes for the both of us soon
I have two friends that are guys and have the same age as me, then I have two friends that are girls that are older than me, one is a mom already.
I have some people in my life I consider friends. Some live far away, some nearby.
I think making friends is harder now than when I was a kid, but it’s always been hard for me.
When I was in elementary school, if I brought friends home and let them meet my sister, they quickly decided she was more interesting. I only had one or two friends who wouldn’t rather hang with her growing up.
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I have three people I can call freinds all of them I got to know via penpals
One of them used to visit me on several occasions the other two I have not yet met but are great people
Two out of the three of them have mental health issues
I have one friend my age, we get together once a month. known him since I was a kid. I used to have a lot of friends, but began to withdraw and not answer phone calls or texts. so I have a lot former friends I could maybe get back in touch with.
I do get lonely sometimes but I also don’t like hanging out with friends too often either. I get overwhelmed with social activity after a couple hours.
I agree, it’s easier to make friends when we’re younger, once everybody grows up and has their own families, I’ve found it’s a little different.
im ok with what I got, a roommate would be nice sometimes, or maybe someone who doesn’t have kids or is single would be a good friend for me.
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Got a few friends. I moved to a new country though so I dont meet them that often anymore. Finding good friends aint easy.
But to be honest my wife is enough atm.
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Do you mind me asking you how life in another country going? I know that for my health it is better to move to other country in terms of good doctors. But everyone I know is here and i am not sure i can do well without them. Are you ill yourself or your relative?
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I think my best friend is my aunt cos i share everything with her.
Oh snap that was a miss spelling, should have been county. But moving to a new county has been nice. Lesser amount of people know u’re sick. I’ve been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
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I see. Glad to know you are enjoying new county.
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I started making friends my own age recently. It’s kinda nice, but at the same time it’s hard not to be envious of people that have their life together.
I have one friend in the whole world. She is two years younger than me.
The people I volunteer with are not my friends. They are only acquaintances. Even though I’ve known them over a decade now.
And no, I’m never lonely.
I got two friends whom dont antoganize me. One lives across the nation, other is married and is always busy.
I had to cut off toxic folks because they intended to hurt my mental. But at times I still want to talk to them because I’m really bored on the weekends.