like you know you’re a good person at heart but life circumstances and trauma and bullying and etc prevented you from learning the proper social skills to find companionship. not necessarily a forum to actually find friends (i find going into things with that intention feels fake and weird), but rather a forum to commiserate and share advice and coping mechanisms and so on.
loneliness is increasing worldwide, esp in men. and it’s very easy to get into the weeds on this of course…
happy fuckin holidays
I don’t know of one, but the Internet is toxic. I’ve had more luck meeting strangers into the same hobbies. Went to an open source conference. A business meetup. Professional settings are lower pressure because there’s no expectation of making actual friends.
depression sounds like it’d make meeting people IRL more difficult
Don’t worry, you’ll fit right in!
It does but the benefits to ones mental health from talking with randos is fucking bliss
It makes everything more difficult. The only answer is therapy and/or medication.
Meeting people online while depressed is surely a bad idea.