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Right now I have at least 10 close friends with whom I have almost daily relationships
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That is brilliant 
I am happy for ya
Start building a relationship with your family. They should be your closest relationship. It takes a lot of work, I know.
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Thanks @anon78876561. it is really difficult ATM, even though I love them.
I guess I need to be more brave about it. 
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I don’t have any close friends.
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Thank you @anon90843118. Nice to meet you. I followed you recently on the forum and I must say that you have many resources. you have to believe more in yourself. Love your flaws. From a relational point of view, cultivate your passions as you are doing and frequent gathering places (gyms, swimming pools, bars). Friendship is a domino effect. A friend brings another friend. It’s natural
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zero friends zero life
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I have like 3 online friends who I DM with back and forth all the time.
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Hi @anon84986721, nice to meet you too.
thankyou so much for saying this. I think it is often the case that when you try and believe something it can more difficult then when someone says it to you too.
so I really appreciate that you said that because somehow it seems to help.
take care 
cool. that sounds nice. like I said already, regular contact is so healthy if you can manage it that is.
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My partner is my only close friend, the rest I hang out with when i go on holidays but I don’t quite have that bond with them to be able to tell them everything. i just don’t make friends easily
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Should I be careful of you, Miss Butterfly?
Lolz,sorry idk what ya mean.?
I am not dangerous I don’t think 
as I tend to say, I strive to be a nice person. it can be difficult sometimes with when i get depersonalisation but I try my best.
I’m really sorry if I wasn’t understood but I was joking. I’m sorry 
lolls, it is ok…you are not in trouble haha
glad you found a med that works for you!! that is really important since meds can be so crap when they don’t.
Thank god, I risked so much ahah😜
You are right! But much also depends on your attitude towards the disease. You don’t have to resign yourself. You must always be convinced that you can do it. Being able to improve again and again until healing. I always try to have goals and keep a daily diary of what I do. So I use internal dialogue to shape the wrong thoughts. I always put everything black on white.
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Real life friends?
Two.
One lives in Tennessee (the other side of the country) so I don’t see her often.
We talk on the phone, but she’s a new nurse, so she’s super busy and dealing with some medical issues of her own.
My other friend lives pretty close to me, but I haven’t seen her since lockdown.
She’s old enough to be my mother, easily, but she’s a great friend and talented artist.
We have lots of interesting conversations,
She’s met all sorts of celebrities, had some bizarre life experiences and has a beautiful ranch.
I love going to her place, it’s so relaxing.
Plus my dogs can go and run around on the ranch, it’s super nice.
That’s really it as far as real life friends go,
I have plenty of online friends I consider real friends.
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yea im defo with you on that one. I feel like it is helpful to write things down, it kind of affirms things in your mind isn’t it.
that is really smart, being self aware…I need to work on that!
it is so easy to get into the habit of being on negative autopilot so to actively try and reshape thinking patterns is awesome. and when I do remember to or am bothered to, I kind of give myself a mental pat on the back for doing so :), !! that helps too
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I have a pretty cool friend who lives in my city. I met him through my brother. He’s a lot younger than me, but we get along really well. He’s probably my fave because he also wants to make art and films. 
I haven’t heard from any military friends in a while. I think they’re bogged down with the whole Corona outbreak.
Some of the military friends are a little weird though. They’re super into Trump and collecting guns. Kinda scary, honestly.
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