Do you make friends easily? I can make friends, but it’s been a while since I’ve had a good opportunity to. Do you make friends often? If so, how? I have friends, but am looking to make more. Thanks.
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I have 1 childhood friend, from about age 7 until current. We both ended up getting schizoaffective disorder. Wild.
We have 5 Pokemon Go friends. 2 are a couple who we frequently bump into at the park. They have a friend who tags along, sometimes. They are all really nice. And then the last 2 friends are sisters. One of them frequently drives about 5 hours to come visit the other sister on Pokemon Go Community Day or Go Fest.
I consider my brother and his GF as my friends, too. I really love them.
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I used to make friends easily in my 20s because I drank alcohol. Then I became an alcoholic 
so I had to quit drinking completely.
After my diagnosis I really lost interest in having friends, but if I wanted to make some, I’d probably use meetup.com
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You seem like kind person, you have opportunity to make more friends…
But, I only consider friends people who understand me fully and who I can rely on when I’m in need…
That goes both ways…
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I’ve made lots of friends over the years but we moved around a lot and with schizophrenia lost touch
I have two friends who I met online and they are good friends but no local friends to hang out with
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I can be very charming and jovial if I want to be, I usually am. I like to get along with people.
I’ve been out to dinner twice with a woman I met on bumble. Half way through the first dinner she added me to her WhatsApp. Yesterday after the second dinner she told me my personality is perfect. That made me feel good.
I have multiple aspects to my personality though. I can be stubborn, friendly, defiant, charming, etc… Depends on the situation and who I am dealing with.
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I used to make friends very easily when i was a kid. My expectations of friends has grown more strict now though, and I dont make them as easily anymore. Between 20years old and 50, I had a lot of aquaintences and honestly I would have weeded out more of them, in retrospect.
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I’ve always been quite, but not totally,asocial. There are times though when I 'd like to have company. Company that accepts me how I am rather than how they’d like me to be. That’s apart from family/or stepfamily.
Unfortunately I’ve always been very poor at making friends. Attempts at socially interacting with others ,apart from others apart from family/stepfamily have been certain degrees of utter failure. I’ve not tried again since the group at the library which didn’t go well.
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friends are something i miss. i cant say i took it for granted before my illness because i always said if people stopped coming by the house id be compltely alone. did okay but isolation got the better of me. i lose touch with most people after a while and sick of moving on in life. keeping pace with a few but havent seen one in 3 or 4 years.
ouch im alone man.
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I make friends easily but I don’t simply because I keep in touch with friends I’ve known a long time. I’m still friendly and all but as I’ve aged I’ve found old friends worth spending time with. So. I make friends really easily but I keep practical by sticking with my crew.
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I am very good at socializing and getting along with anyone I want to, the issue is that I don’t want to. Most people do not interest me or give me good vibes for a friend. I have many acquaintances but not many I’d call friends
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Congratulations on your 2nd date @Headspark
Keep rockin!!!
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Yes but maintaining the friendship im not so great at so i keep my friends network small
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lol, thanks @anon85745701
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The opportunity comes up about once a year.
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I don’t make friends or keep friends easily.
My friends are x boyfriends and we don’t hang out as such.
I miss having friends to hang out with etc
My friends left me because I didn’t work and because they thought I was a loser and other friends left me when I was a Muslim (I’m not anymore).
I was able to have a nice chat with girls where I volunteered at boomerang bags but never close enough to be friends outside of volunteering.
I met my one girl friend I had working at a kiosk cafe at old people home and we had perfect flow together and she said I was her best friend.what a compliment and she was one of my best friends but she left me after I was psychotic and Muslim .
I don’t meet people nowadays as I’m alone in apartment all days except for weekends that’s when I meet my boyfriend who I met online.
I have some Facebook friends but we don’t chat we just see anc like each other’s memes.
I added them as friends because they are vegan.
Now I can’t do that anymore because Facebook removed vegan frame on profile picture.
I want to have forever friendships!
I want to make friends but I have difficulties.
I avoid people because of hierarchy beliefs majority of society has.
I don’t want to be dominated or suppressed .
My real people and friends wouldn’t do that to me and would understand that.
I don’t know how I can make friends.
I don’t get along with everyone.
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I am not a people person. Never have been.
I used to have whom I thought were my friends but they used me at every turn so now I am extremely particular on who irl I share my life with.
I do socialize with my dad’s and his girlfriend’s friends like being invited to their house for dinner or them being invited to our house for supper.
I nearly thought I was making friends with neighbors at my old place but it was not meant to be.
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No.
In kindergarten I did. :))
Then I was really shy for ages.
Then I made a few friends in university, even if I was still shy.
Then I lost all but one, due to my turbulent life with psychosis and courts (custody battle to protect kiddo) and moving house several times. Someone who is in extreme fear all the time isn’t really joyful to be with or attentive.
Then I made a few new friends, who are kind. But I would like more and deeper friendships and friends that I have known for a long time. I miss that.
I am no longer very shy, I easily start a chat with a neighbour or so. But making real friends is harder. Especially when you are battling mental illness at the same time.
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Most of the time
People want me to pick them up
Drag me into some sketchy arse situation
With some sketchy arse people
Doing some sketchy arse drugs
In some sketchy arse ghetto
Without even paying me for gas
Without even saying thank you
Or even respect the fact I’m %100 drug free
To hell with friends, my girlfriend can be my best friend
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My husband is my best friend. I understand.
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