A cry for help, of sorts

[eternalmusings]

I have no idea if I'll get any responses to this, but I figure it's worth a try

Comments

[cha]

*hugs* do you have any friends locally now that you know well enough to go out with? To a coffee shop or somewhere?

[eternalmusings]

*hugs back* That's the problem, I don't really have many friends locally. Hell, I don't have that many friends anywhere, but I really don't have many locally. I just feel trapped and alone, you know? And I don't know how to break out.

[cha]

what about a book club at the library? Volunteering at a local group?

[baronessekat]

This one sounds interesting: http://www.meetup.com/My-Social-Group/

i would recommend looking into other meetups.

Hope you find something.

[eternalmusings]

That sounds cool, I'll check it out. I found some others that might be good, too. Thanks.

It just seems so hard, you know? And almost hopeless.

[spikesleman]

Okay, I know I'm old. These things worked when I was young.

People you work with. Are any of them remotely interesting? I used to go out after work with some of my coworkers. Some of those friendships lasted for years, even after I moved to another city.

Church. Yeah, yeah, I know. And by "church," I mean any sort of meeting. Unitarian. Catholic. Synagogue. Buddhist temple. Whatever. And then talk to people. Okay, talk to a person. Then the next week, talk to two people. Don't give up.

Take classes. Yoga. Art classes. Creative writing. Something. And talk to people after class. Go to the Y and see about joining. People are always talking to other people there.

I speak as a person with a big case of the terminal shyness. I have fought it all my life.