Trillian

Posted Tuesday, March 26, 2024

1mo

ENFP

Gemini

7

8

Learning to Friend

I've struggled with social situations for much of my life. There have been times when it was easy... And other times where the idea of socializing was both terrifying and full of struggles internal and external. Then there's now, where I'm wondering how and why I even really want to? I socialize, but mostly online... Do I want to socialize online? Not really... But the idea of doing so in person is a multifaceted problem, too. I don't have many local associations and those that I do have tend to communicate with my partner moreso than they do with me. I have distant friends, but most of them are not folks I associate with anymore for a variety of reasons including having moved on to a different stage of life where I no longer entertain the regular abuse of substances. And they're far away, in any case, making socializing with them difficult to plan at best. I want to make friends, but I don't know how. I want to be friendly, but I don't know where people meet anymore besides online and in social environments I don't attend like bars/clubs.