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Would it make you guys feel better knowing I'm in a similar situation, but 35 ☺? I know it can be hard and I still have my really down times when I think of things I missed out on and still don't have. But life still happens and you can make one with happiness still in it. Thankfully you have a lot more resources available to you. Take advantage of as many of them as you can and keep fighting ☺!
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Im 23 and im here to say it definitely is better having friends around this age. Having been someone who never really had much friends growing up, I can say that I now have somenof the bestest friends anyone could ask for and I dont have to pretend with them. Hardly anyone has that highschool mentality anymore. You dont have to worry about peoples thoughts about you anymore as an adult. You’re free to be you and people will appreciate that about you and respect it. Trust me, just be yourself and talk to some people! Get yourself out there. (Well when this quarantine stuff is over with) Its gonna take a little bit of effort on your side. You’ll be ?
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I can relate to this post a lot, expect for the age part. I’m a teenager. I found it so hard to communicate with people my age. I don’t know why, it just is. No one ever really invites me out, it’s always me hitting them up first which just makes me not want to try anymore. All my siblings have people they hang out with on the daily so I’m always left alone at home. It really sucks.
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I am 26 and I didn't have any real friends until a few years ago. I have some great friends I am thankful for now. It could happen anytime. Life changes in all kinds of unexpected ways. Best of luck, I have been there.
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I am in the same boat :/ No friends, date, or someone that its really close to me. I am on almost 21
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It makes me sad when I see people who have photos on their wall of their friends and going to clubs and things, I’ve never been anywhere with anyone ONCE
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I have 5 or so close friends, I didn't make any of them before the age of 20. I have only 1 friend who I met before the age of 20. You ain't doomed.
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I agree, it's never too late to make friends.
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When my hocd came back I pretty much told all of my friends to piss off and now I have no friends except for my boyfriend. It sucks. I wish I didn't let my mental illness control me.
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I’m 29. When I was 20 I sure as hell didn’t think things would get better. And I sure as hell didn’t want to listen to anybody. But I have some advice if you want it. It can get better. One advantage to getting older is that people seem to become more open minded about making friends. I find that people in their late 20s and 30s are more likely to be friends with somebody who mighit seem different or awkward. And as people go through life they experience hardship, and can be more empathetic toward people who struggle, like all of us who struggle with OCD. Life’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but there is hope. And you don’t need a big group of friends. A few good ones will do. You are enough :)
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I can relate, I'm 22. I'm at home studying from home so I'm pretty lonely. Struggling with dark intrusive thoughts and mental health issues is really had and only makes the feeling of loneliness more extreme. But I dont lose out on hope. I know life will get better. We just have to keep working towards it x
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I get sad with my life because I’ve never gone out with anyone and I’m scared I won’t get to experience being in love in my 20s and really living it up, due to mental health issues and not being able to make friends
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Then start making some friends and memories. Try online first. It’s never too late to start ?
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Online is so annoying tbh lol. Everyone leads each other on and no one wants to follow through with plans.
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i can relate :( i’m almost 20 too and throughout my life i’ve only had a few close friends, yet i feel like those friendships were pretty much one-sided because we don’t even talk anymore. & i still haven’t found a group of friends that i could rlly depend on/trust or have fun with. it’s sad seeing even the shy-est people i know make so many friends and trying new things while i’m still stuck and not making any progress :( i’ve never been on a date, party, or hung out w a group of friends either...i feel like i’m missing out on a lot because people around this age, especially in college, seem to be living their life and having fun ?
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Yeah I totally get that, especially when everyone flexes on social media themselves out and looking cute :(
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I've also never been on a date... Not even talking to a girl about going on a date with her. I fked up my social life bcs of ocd and oh, and why not? Moved to another country where is even harder to make friends. My ocd forbids me to think about my past friends from my home country... It forbids me many things... I have NO FACEBOOK, TWITTER OR INSTAGRAM (I do it on the paper I'm a BUSINESS MAN... jk sorry for the Pitbull aka Mr. WorldWide refference,ignore the bracket). Oh, and why not? My ocd has become so bad I got thrown out of highschool. I've made a friend on RandoChat... We text. That's all.
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I don't have any either but I have a HUGE problem with trusting others because I had a few friends in the past and all of those friendships ended badly later when I felt betrayed by them and I couldn't trust them.So since that has happened I find it VERY difficult to find and make friends even tho at times I wish I could easily.
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Hi, I’m new here!! I’m praying I don’t get judged for this. But, back in late May of 2022 ( literally right before I graduated high school), I added this one random girl from my school on Snapchat. She posted something about a graduation party , so I swiped up on her story basically saying how I can’t believe we’re almost graduated. She replied and we had a really short and simple conversation. The next day ( i believe) , we started talking a lot , and I just so happened to see her at the highschool when we were grabbing our graduation outfits and doing the rehearsal. When I saw her irl, I kinda got turned off ( I heard she was kinda crazy) , and on top of that , she was a little ugly irl. I remember seeing her Snapchat bio , and she was close friends with my female cousin ( a year younger than me) , who I happened to experiment sexually with when I was 10-11 years old. I remember going to work later that day and having sort of a lightbulb flick thought ( it wasn’t a good thought though) , what if my cousin told her about what happened when we were younger? So I started to kind of panic and immediately distanced myself from that girl. I also experimented sexually with one of my female friends when I was 10-11 , and from that day onwards, I’ve been pretty much living in paranoia and a little bit of guilt about someone finding out and my life being ruined . On top of that, It’s gotten worse to now sometimes I wonder if a girl I added off of quick add ( Snapchat) is underage even if they told me they were 18+ or had 18 and above in their bio, and I get so much guilt and anxiety about that. I even had a quick thought last February on what if I did something inappropriate with my younger cousin when I was 15-16 but I just can’t exactly remember when it happened , and it still eats me alive when I think about it, because I don’t know if it happened or not. I’m sorry for the long vent, I just wish I felt normal again. No matter how much I try to do things that old me used to do, life always feels “ off”. I always kept the top part about when I was younger a secret up until early (ish ) 2024, then I vented to one of my best friends and he told me that that’s a normal thing to do at a young age. Since then, I have told multiple friends and they all say they did similar stuff, but my brain just can’t accept that. Please help me, I quite literally overthink everything nowadays. 2021 was the last full year that I felt normal ( coincidentally, the best year of my life so far) . It’s not just about sexual related things either, sometimes I’ll wonder if I messed up something at work or hit a car while driving/hit someone and drove off. I just wanna live my life how I was supposed to live it after highschool ( carefree and happy) before whatever it is ( I think it’s ocd) hit me unexpectedly. Thanks to anyone who read this , I just needed to pour it out regardless of how negative I felt typing this, I hope someone can relate , because I feel so alone in my head at times.
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I’m really down and don’t have anyone i feel i can turn to. I’m just so tired of living as myself. I hate who i love with including myself. I feel so worthless. Having ocd on top of it makes me feel like im just a waste of space. I dont know how to stop feeling this way. Or if i deserve to. That’s all :(
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I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
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