I am a 27 year old female and I have friends that like me but I'm scared to get close to them because I have struggled with fear for so many years and I am starting to question things again with people like do they really want to hang out with me? Of talk to me? Because they have families and I have a family too of course but it's like I miss my friends especially one in particular except she is really busy with her family and her job but she still checks on me. I feel so distant though from my family and friends and I don't like this feeling. Please help

Someone I know was taking about the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami when one of my friends said quite bluntly 'who cares'. Was this quite an insensitive thing to say? They then stroked my arm a few days later. Does this mean that they care about me more than everyone killed in that tsunami?

I told her "thanks Beverly your a great friend man" and she said "you're welcome James. I'm glad you're my friend too"

I moved out of state to a new highschool and on my first day I couldn't stop crying because my friends where having a good time on there last year and I'm here sitting alone in lunch and I'm class. The problem is that my mom moved here because she thought it is better for our family but I just wanna go back. I could stay with a relative but I feel really guilty leaving but it's hurts staying

I try to explain this as good as i can with my english. I'm 27. I'm single. I just achieved the title "uncle". I live by myself in a great apartment down town. I have everything i ever wanted.. I have a great work, i do fitness everyday, i play instruments on a daily base, i draw and are very creative n' ****. I'm kind to people.. actually way too kind i have been told, and i'm always helpful. My door are always open, if anyone needs a shoulder to cry on or a friend to hang out with. I got many friends, and people sometimes do look up to me. My point is that everything in my life is "Right".. But... There's some issues. I spend ALOT of time by myself, wich i really enjoy. I also skype alot with close friends at night when i'm by myself. I know i'm not depressed. I haven't been in Love since i was 17. I got some Social Awkwardness that i'm aware of. Wich often leads to, that i avoid social arrangements, but when i don't avoid them i end up having a good time everytime. I can't figgure out wtf is wrong with me. It's like i got everything i want but it's like my mind is avoiding the good stuff, and are focusing on the negative, even tho i'm happy?!

I had a friend since 4th grade to 8th grande sorry this is long but we both have same disabilities and i dont think she can read right on media and I want to know if this Jealousy? I have moved on but i want to know it jealousy????? anyways her name Courtney she use to followed me every where after school and copy me one day with basketball Jersey that she didnt know & she have warn it next day & that was my sister favortie team switch didnt bother me bit but follwing me round it was bit crazy anyways Now I every time I tried apologizing to her about anything Courtney been mean to me and tell my other two friends i believe to block me for being mean to Courtney but yet she is to me and act child too anyways for 3 years now I know her side of story and she got into a fight with her ex boyfriend who i knew a year before i moved too and 2 year later her parent got in to a divorced and remarried (father) and I want to say it same time when Courtney and I kept fighting for no reason and I found out from the boyfriend who I knew for a year before I moved to as well so his name is Joe and he told me that he got bad fight and have slap her and now she with new man who i think he bad to her, she said she smoke and drink but think for facebook and share she want new friends anyways ALL I AM ASKING IS THIS A TOXIC jealousy FRIEND? I have move on I am JUST ASKING IF THIS BE A TOXIC JEALOUSY PERSON?

I posted a pic and 4 videos on my Snapchat story and I slid up to see who had viewed them, and I noticed that my friend watched the last snap story, but not the pic before or the other videos that were also first. How can that be?

Bullies always target me no matter where I am or who I'm with. Other people don't seem to have this problem. I don't understand. They throw up the middle finger at me, look at me and roll their eyes, laugh at me, whisper about me, attack me, stop and stare at me. Make rude comments like "why are you so ugly" "what the f*ck is she looking at" "do you have a problem" "want to fight" "we should beat her up". It's annoying. It's exhausting. They just won't stop. I asked them why they keep doing this and they just keep doing it. It's hard for me to stand up to them. Especially because it's more than one person doing it. I don't know what to do. I just can't deal with this. I know they don't just do this to me but the people they do this to know how to deal with it. I don't. I notice they only do this to people they know won't do anything. I hate being that person you just know you can bully. I don't want to be that person. I don't like being that person. It's embarrassing. I ask for help but no one will help me. They get mad and tell me it's my problem. I'm going to take my life soon. I don't want to live anymore. I can't live like this.

Last weekend I went to my friend s birthday get together and my friend s best friend s boyfriend said this to me about my 4 year old son "That kid needs to be put on a leash". I only met this person one time and although I brushed it off with a joke about my kid something internally felt it was rude that he would say that to me. Was he being rude and how would I go about responding the next time? Also, should I tell my friend about the incident or just let it go and handle it better if it happens again. Sorry I mean that he said "That thing needs to be put on a leash". My child is normally well behaved and I receive tons of compliments at how nurturing he is and I guess he was super energetic since there was a pool party and a bunch of kids doing a bunch of things and he was feeding off of the excitement. Should I tell my friend was happened or just let it go and defend myself better next time?

People have been silently clear on all terms with me. Facebook is thanking me for being part of a community I never associated with. Everyone seems to be more confident about what I am in true form than I am. Could this be true? I do see a therapist for anxiety, but he, along with others in my life, tells me I am healthy. I am considering seeing him for this, but I don't want to burden him more than I am. I don't want to be more selfish than I already am.

I care too much what people think about me to the point I'm crying, angry, or upset. It's annoying. People don't care what I think about them so why should I care what they think about me.

I'm trying to understand if there are different levels of betrayal. Someone wants an apology for me betraying them but I don't really know them.

My friend stopped hanging out with us since it became public that his woman cheats on him. He has isolated himself from us, but he's still with her.

Hey guys I need advice. So I've been trying to get in contact with my friends from middle school and they haven't been replying back to me. I told my friend about this and she didn't say anything to me. She didn't help me or anything like that. I'm sad about this and just wondering what are ur thoughts.

I'm a 21 year old guy and a cashier at a grocery store. About this time last year, I got a new co worker at work. A 19 year old girl. She worked in the bakery department. Very cute. She would run up to me and hug me while I was on the register. I took this as "she must like me". So one day on break I walked over to the bakery. I said I was hungry, but didn't know what I wanted. She told me what her favorite treat was. So I ordered it, said thank you, and paid for it. I came back with the donuts and a receipt and I said "these are for you. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me sometime". She said yes and for several months she texted me almost everyday. We would go to the mall, I drove her around in my truck, get ice cream, etc. then around February she stopped texting me and said she was "busy". It hurt. I went on to see other girls on official dates (we never officially "dated" I guess. But I still think of the bakery girl. She no longer works at my store. Left around June or so. And I will NEVER hear from her. Can I text her hi without looking bad? It's possible she has a boyfriend now. But I cared for her as a person. And I quite frankly miss her. She was really my first friend who was a girl to be honest. Do I reach out and ask her how she is or no? It's been like half a year since communication. My buddy has a theory she liked me in a "puppy dog"

Me and my friend have known each other for about 12 years since kindergarten we have never really not been good friends he is by far my closest and most dear friend i'm not out of the closet yet so as far as he is concerned I am a straight man but recently I have developed feelings that I have never felt before I want to be in a committed serious relationship with my best friend he just understands me better that any person could. But I don't know If he is gay or not but I want to ask I just don't know how to go about it

Rn i'm 16 and in November 2017 I lost my best friend who I had been best friends with for 10 years and we were super super close, and it basically happened because she wanted a break from being friends in november 2017 because we were having a lot of arguments and i wouldn't give her it and i kept messaging her and started posting about her on social media saying she's being mean and she had a panic attack and her mom got involved and said she isn't allowed to be my friend anymore then there was drama at school with her friends telling her bad things about me because i was on bad terms with them, in march 2018 our parents talked and her mom complained to my mom because i kept posting about what happened between us on social media and it concerns her and my mom told me to stop and i did and we moved on. now august 2019 i still think about her we did everything together if i still had her she could have helped me with all my problems like she used to and i'm sad because i really miss her and i still don't feel the same without her, i'm hoping she'll be in my classes this year because that's the only hope i have that we could fix things some day

Me and this girl were friends since sophomore year. Extremely close. Almost dated even. We hung out everyday, snapchatted, texted...etc. Now we graduated and it's time for college. She's leaving tomorrow and I'm leaving in a week. I thought that we would spend the whole day together, go out and have some fun since we won't see each other for 6 months. I even canceled other plans because she said she'd go. I got home from work, showered and went straight to her house. I texted her and she said that she's in a different town with friends eating subway and won't be home for a while. I got her a F*CKING present bc I thought it was gonna be a sad day. Now I feel like a stupid loser. She legit just texted me and said "Bye. I'll miss." Is this normal? I wasn't pushy or anything I just wanted to properly say goodbye and now I feel heartbroken in a way. Should I stop talking to her? Idk. I just never thought it'd end like this. Btw she already said goodbye to her friends yesterday so I don't know why she went out with them again.

I'm a 21 year old guy and a cashier at a grocery store. About this time last year, I got a new co worker at work. A 19 year old girl. She worked in the bakery department. Very cute. She would run up to me and hug me while I was on the register. I took this as "she must like me". So one day on break I walked over to the bakery. I said I was hungry, but didn't know what I wanted. She told me what her favorite treat was. So I ordered it, said thank you, and paid for it. I came back with the donuts and a receipt and I said "these are for you. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me sometime". She said yes and for several months she texted me almost everyday. We would go to the mall, I drove her around in my truck, get ice cream, etc. then around February she stopped texting me and said she was "busy". It hurt. I went on to see other girls on official dates (we never officially "dated" I guess. But I still think of the bakery girl. She no longer works at my store. Left around June or so. And I will NEVER hear from her. Can I text her hi without looking bad? It's possible she has a boyfriend now. But I cared for her as a person. And I quite frankly miss her. She was really my first friend who was a girl to be honest. Do I reach out and ask her how she is or no? It's been like half a year since communication. My buddy has a theory she liked me in a "puppy dog" way rather than romantic. No matter, I feel like I lost a really good friend.

I have one best friend but I really want to branch out. I just don't know how exactly.

Hi i'm a 16 year old female, junior in high school. I find it very hard to trust people after some things that went down the past year with family and then also with friends I thought I could trust forever. I've adopted a new identity as a loner. I'm quite comfortable with it. I feel safer and more productive. My priorities are exactly where I want them to be. I'm focused on school and my sport. I still have acquaintances but nobody is really personally close to me. However, at lunch I often look around the cafeteria and see several kids eating alone. I want to talk to them sometimes, because everyone could use a friend, right? All I do is give to others and even though right now I've built a wall, I still have the desire to give. I know sometimes my loneliness can feel dark. I don't want anybody else to feel like that. Especially the new freshmen or transfer students, I want them to feel included. Should I just go up to these kids and sit with them somedays? Get to know them maybe? Everyone is valuable to me and in our society I'm worried people might feel unfit like I often feel. Everyone deeply wishes to be connected right? We are social creatures to the core.

I barely know my family or friends, what they think they know of me is a complete miscommunication or flat-out lie I told them because of my anxiety, ignorance & insecurity. Far as I am concerned right now my past is dead to me because it isn't real as I'm so done and exhausted but how do I express this to those around me exactly.