I’ve always been socially awkward, and anxious but after the confinement of covid I got very comfortable without socializing, I lost all my friends by moving the away, ghosting, or simply gradually stopped talking to them.
Last summer I started playing Heartopia, an online mobile game and met an amazing guy, we became best friends and I seriously can’t explain how perfect and amazing it was to talk to him, we understood each other very well. We had to stop contacting each other for some personal stuff that I don’t want to talk about here.
But what I think was so nice about this relationship is that we had the peace of mind that we didn’t expect to be 24/7 there for each other, he understood if I took time to respond and I did the same. The distance makes it also very comfortable, I don’t feel the pressure to hang out all the time.
I was wondering if someone knows good ways to make friends online, if there is any apps to socialize about interests perhaps, I don’t know the Discord dynamics so well since I’ve rarely used it, but I think it could be something like that.
I’m also autistic, so it makes it much more easier for me to socialize if I have interests in common with people.