I feel I am destined to be alone forever.

Did you know only 10% of the population will be alone which, if my calculations are correct! will be only 3 people born in the same year as you, in your country, therefore meaning you have a higher chance of getting hit by a flying waffle (with somebody doing a techno waffle frisbee vine) than being alone forever

You have nothing to worry about, especially when you're that young


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Be kind, friendly, polite, accepting of others' problems.
Never have a sense of entitlement, and never demand anything from anyone.

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I'd like to think I try to be as much as possible.

Where did you get that figure from? 10% is still a lot and maybe I'm in it.

Not to further crush the OP's spirits, but how would that statistic ever be measured? People's personal relationships are not recorded, aside from marriage, and there are around 700k births per year in the UK so how did you arrive at the figure of 3 alone? None of what you said can be accurate, though I agree she is young and worrying unnecessarily.

Anyway, OP, your problem - and it's a very common one - is that you're fixating on and looking for relationships too much. That's what caused you to become depressed during final year and you are most likely still suffering from a hangover of that. What you have currently been doing - the volunteering, the work, the internship, the masters - this is all the solution and needs to be continued with more focus. Your goal in life should first be selfish. By this I mean everyone ought to focus on self-improvement and achievement of fundamental goals before worrying about relationships. How can you possibly be in a relationship when you are so clearly unhappy in yourself? You seem to think (and correct me if I'm wrong here) that relationships define who you are and are essentially the be all and end all, as evidenced by your depression and drop in self-worth at university, which is ludicrous. No one has gone down in history for having a relationship! Focus on what you want to achieve in life and a relationship will find you along the way. You sound very ambitious and intelligent and interesting - these are characteristics you develop through focusing on your self and this is what attracts people. The most attractive quality you can have is ambition in my opinion. People who are going places tend to turn heads.