Even with reassurances as often the reassurances don’t pan out in reality. An acute awareness of few friends in real life over a lifetime,social interaction difficulties and peer rejection as a child but mostly as a teenager, add to the belief.
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Why try to get people to like you, people suck…
The only people worth trying to “be liked” by, like you naturally for who you are, and not who you’re trying to be.
It causes a lot of anxiety for me, especially considering people keep telling me how odd/different I am lately despite my feelings not matching what they are describing (although that isn’t unusual for me). My job requires me to constantly meet new people and one of my paranoias is that they’ll be able to tell that I’m sick.
One of my more notable defects is that if someone is a flaming idiot, I will out and call them that to their face. Sooner rather than later. We’ve been bumping around each other for years and I’ve yet to call you a flaming idiot. That’s basically one of the highest compliments a person gets from me. 
If we lived near each other I’d be finding ways to have you over for tea, so there’s that too.
10-96
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Looks like we share that problem. But then again, no one is liked by everyone. So it’s okay.
MadHatter
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Oh gosh I have that like mad. I’m even paranoid that because I post this everyone who sees it will hate and target me. Even though it’s hard I think the best way to deal with this is to keep putting yourself out there and getting used to the rejection until you can take it like a normal person.
That RARELY happens here. Just isolated incidents.
i think your a nice person…your funny…intelligent.
i have never had friends…not the real kind.
and i think that is okay aswell…i personally like being a hermit.
take care 
I love having friends. just when sz takes over I cannot handle relationships very well. here on these forums it is easier for me to relate to others.
I get jealous of “normies” and their seemingly perfect or near perfect lives.
judy
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I want friends but can’t handle people getting too close to me. It’s as though the more they know me the more they’ll think I’m no good and go off me.
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I have the problem that people like me for awhile, then they seem to turn on me and act like I’m a problem to them, even though I’m still the same as I have ever been. I just don’t understand people, which is why I never let people inside my world. never.
I like to be friendly with people, but don’t want them to get to close.
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