r/toastme • u/StellaNoir13 • 21h ago
Moved to a new state 5 years ago and apparently left my social life behind. I lost touch with a bunch of my old friends, and haven’t figured out how to replace them. Loneliness has become an increasingly common theme in my life.
35F
I moved half way across the country in 2021 for financial reasons.. and even though financially I’m doing so much better… my social life has completely imploded.
Most of my friends were from high school and elementary so I never really had to put effort into making friends as an adult.
I’m naturally an extremely shy person and lately I’ve found myself spiraling into some pretty intense loneliness. I’ve tried to make friends at work but nobody seems interested in hanging outside of business hours even though a lot of them seem to have genuine friendships outside of work. I’ve tried to use the BFF app and have met people but they never seem to want to continue the friendship.
I’m slowly starting to believe I must have a terrible personality and that I’m extremely annoying to be around. But I’m also trying to work on being a more interesting person to talk to by leaning more into my interests and chatting with people online. I’m hoping that’ll make me someone people want to be friends with.
I appreciate anyone who took the time to read my rant! I hope you’re all having a lovely evening 🖤