no friends:/

i'm a 16 year old girl that, more often than not, is an introvert. i really love it but that being said, i find it really difficult to talk tHio people irl. i'm also really insecure in my appearance, which makes it even more difficult:/. i'm not one to care about popularity, and i have my own interests (reading, writing...) that i thoroughly enjoy, but i don't know where to go from here. i love making online friends and have made quite a few but when it comes to actually maintaining a conversation irl, i really wANT TO DIE. any advice is helpful (: thank you!!!

Okay I’m 15 female too. And I have 3 friends MAX. And they are close family but I text constantly. So I’m in the same situation. I’m really insecure about my appearance and I’m extremely shy and don’t try to make friends irl cause I’m a outcast and all my life my school friends always end up leaving me.

if they leave u they are not real friends. i personally only make friends if i know they care about me and its not because of my background / posesions

i'm a 16 year old girl that, more often than not, is an introvert. i really love it but that being said, i find it really difficult to talk to people irl. i'm also really insecure in my appearance, which makes it even more difficult:/. i'm not one to care about popularity, and i have my own interests (reading, writing...) that i thoroughly enjoy, but i don't know where to go from here. i love making online friends and have made quite a few but when it comes to actually maintaining a conversation irl, i really wANT TO DIE. any advice is helpful (: thank you!!!

i'm a 16 year old girl that, more often than not, is an introvert. i really love it but that being said, i find it really difficult to talk to people irl. i'm also really insecure in my appearance, which makes it even more difficult:/. i'm not one to care about popularity, and i have my own interests (reading, writing...) that i thoroughly enjoy, but i don't know where to go from here. i love making online friends and have made quite a few but when it comes to actually maintaining a conversation irl, i really wANT TO DIE. any advice is helpful (: thank you!!!

Hey girl I recently lost my friends because of lies spread about me and I’m introverted too and I’m 16 too

Don't worry, you seem friendly and will definitely make friends soon. Look forward to later as school isn't the world. Just be yourself, popularity isn't everything

I’m an 18yr old guy with no friends

hey i get u. I used to have a group of rly close friends in my gcse school, but then I changed to a private school for sixth form, and it's really not... Like i really hate it!! Last yr i really missed my old friends, and i find the people really... like different? i don't wanna b rude, so i found myself really lonely, like I don't mind it, but it makes you feel weird when you are the only one? I think it's just a necessary step in life (but i still don't enjoy that place )

it's not your life if you constantly care what others think. no ones actually a boring person, everyone has their own interest, their own things that make them happy and things that make them sad. in your head you're constantly having thoughts, questions etc, they're not boring just say what you feel out loud, give your opinion and don't care about what others think that's the only way you'll truly start living your life. if your friends don't find you what you have interesting enough when you say your thoughts out loud and express your opinion, they're not your friends, you're just wasting your time. about the introverted part, that's okay too, it'd be chaotic if the whole world was full of extroverts that want to talk. as for your appearance, I don't know if you're religious but if you are, the same god that made the beautiful sunsets, the mountains etc, also made you. you may not always feel like you look good enough but that's not a problem with you, the problem is the constantly changing beauty standard in society. it's constantly changing, beauty is not fixed and cannot be defined. idk maybe you do fit into the current beauty standard but if you don't, that doesn't matter either because as I said beauty CANNOT be defined, it doesn't mean you're not good enough. honestly, if you don't have enough confidence, just fake it. when you fake your confidence, you'll make other people around you start to believe what you do, trust your reasons and be confident in you then slowly your confidence may start to develop and you'll truly feel confident. im not a psychologist or anything professional (you make alr be able to tell lmao) but it's worked for me and a lot of other people so just give it a go, you never know.

p.s. you're not the only one insecure or having trouble socialising. it's human, everyone goes through it. lmao im here writing this whole paragraph about it but even I don't always follow it. and if being slightly shy is part of your personlity, it's not wrong. when you find your real friends they'll like that about you too

same but im not shy, im socially awkward. i have a few friends but they arent close, used to have a friend in primary school, but we parted ways after we went different secondary schools. i am also in a wheelchair so that might take account to why i have no friends, and i dont really stick to popular groups as i find them annoying and they are normally the type that bully me. i also feel insecure about my apperance. I think the best thing you can do is join people that have similar interests as you or find someone in ur community / culture / religion ect, to start a group with. i personally found it easier that way as you have a lot more to talk about as you have a common ground

this really helped me. thank you so much for taking ur time to help !! i agree totally-beauty cannot be defined. it’s just difficult being bombarded with societal expectations everyday and knowing i don’t fulfil them. it’s a trivial thing in comparison to life itself, but it can be hard to deal with :// i’m gonna really try to work on my confidence and being comfortable with myself. thank you again for the help! wishing u the best (:

Hi! I know how you feel, I'm in my first year of college and I'm in a similar situation. I have acquaintances and 'people I know' but no actual friends. It's not because I have any arguments, I'm completely drama-free! I just am an introvert, I'm not really one to go out of my way to make a friend because I really don't care if I have them or not to be honest. I've always found that when I want to talk to someone the best option is just to start talking at someone - they often end up too engaged in conversation to realise how weird it is and it makes peoples feel like you're personable?? A lot of people seem to think I'm a chatty person or someone who's easy to talk to even though I definitely don't describe myself that way!